Martin Gomez Arquitectos

La Iluminada House

LA ILUMINADA HOUSE

Martin Gomez Arquitectos

La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden

ARCHITECTS
Martin Gomez Arquitectos

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Lavecchia

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Martin Gomez, Lorena Errico, Santiago Fernández Caggiani

MANUFACTURERS
AutoDesk, Hansgrohe, Schüco, Adobe, JOHNSON ACERO, Körb, Trimble Navigation

LANDSCAPE
Martin Gomez Arquitectos

PHOTOGRAPHS
Daniela Mac Adden

AREA
7104.18 ft2

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
La Barra, Uruguay

CATEGORY
Houses

La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden

Text description provided by architect.

This project consists of two independent houses, one for the use of the owners and another for rent.

Both volumes of concrete with formwork of brushed pine boards, articulate a patio with a grill space and a swimming pool for the exclusive use of the owners.

La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden

The rental house has a rooftop pool with a place to sit and a great view. 

The main house was resolved with three floors with incredible views to the beach and the eternal sea.

The opening situation of this house through the patio generated a relationship with the sea that we had not thought would happen, although undoubtedly the idea was to look at the sea, but in this case the effect produced was an almost penetration in that natural environment.

La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden

We access the house from the street parallel to the sea, entering through a bridge to a large concrete portico that contains the door.

This great gray prism, closed to the street and completely open to the sea, is divided into three very clear levels in its uses.

La Iluminada House
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La Iluminada House
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On the middle floor, there is the living, dining room and kitchen totally integrated and connected to the patio, perhaps the heart of the house.

On the top floor, there are three main bedrooms and the suite leading the corner, completely glazed and flying to the sea. Each room has its bathroom and its open views to the east marine horizon.

La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden

On the ground floor, we projected two guest bedrooms, a large playroom with cinema, a storage room, a laundry room and service area. 

The materials were use in a natural way to give the house its color.

The election of concrete and wood mixes great with the natural landscape and requires cero maintenance in a beach environment, resulting in a house just to enjoy the long summers in the Uruguayan coast.

La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden


La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden
La Iluminada House
© Daniela Mac Adden


La Iluminada House
Basement plan
La Iluminada House
Ground floor plan
La Iluminada House
1st floor plan


La Iluminada House
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La Iluminada House
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La Iluminada House
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Martin Gomez Arquitectos
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Martin Gomez Arquitectos
Uriarte 1011, C1414 Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina