House M By Jaime Ortiz De Zevallos – Raman
HOUSE M
Jaime Ortiz de Zevallos
ARCHITECTS
Jaime ortiz de zevallos
MANUFACTURERS
Hansgrohe, kohler, miyasato
PHOTOGRAPHS
Juan solano ojasi
AREA
980.0 m2
YEAR
2014
LOCATION
San Isidro, Peru
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
House M is located on a corner plot overlooking a public park, about a mile away from the coast, in Lima’s 1950´s traditional residential neighborhood of San Isidro.
The project has been developed as a basic composition of volumes, planes and materials that define the spaces in response to the views, light, privacy, and a large program.
The four story building is defined by a half sunken garage, office space and service area, all of which raises the living quarters above street level generating a platform for the rest of the building.
The first floor of the house, with the garage roof top garden, living, dining room and the kitchen area sit above the street, overlooking the park through glass walls, while solid concrete walls block the view from the street and generate an entry sequence in to the house.
The third and fourth levels are defined by a two story wood screen and a horizontal white cantilever volume, with the bedrooms, family room and gym that floats along the tree canopies over the ivy covered concrete wall that surrounds the house.
