Sinu River House

SINU RIVER HOUSE

Antonio Sofan

Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon

ARCHITECTS
Antonio Sofan

PHOTOGRAPHS
Carlos Tobon

AREA
500.0 m2

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Montería, Colombia

CATEGORY
Houses

Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon

Text description provided by architect.

500 sqm house built to overlook the Sinu River, the second largest of Colombia.

Its valley of fertile land and steamy weather all year around is lined up with dense gangs of wild trees that at the water’s edge brush the river current.

Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon

The design concept starts with 2 white boxes connected by the access and from which large pieces are taken away creating shaded terraces.

Blue color is uncovered when subtracting from the mass in the form of thin mosaic surfaces revealed by "z" shaped metal trims.

The tallest nave houses the living, dinning, kitchen and services.

Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon

The shortest mass contains four bedrooms, two of them facing the pool which runs all the way across the width of the house.

The living and dining rooms have soaring ceilings witch reach the 5 meters.

Patterned painted cement tiles in shades of blue were used to clad a coffer above the living room ceiling which is as well emphasized by a light cove.

Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House

A much more subtle geometry is used to highlight the ceiling above the dining room, a pattern formed by bare fluorescent light bulbs flush to the face of the drywall ceiling.

While the inside has high ceilings, all the exterior shaded decks have low ceilings and are protected by the sun with two and a half meters of overhangs.

Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon


Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon
Sinu River House
© Carlos Tobon


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