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Buenos Mares House

BUENOS MARES HOUSE

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Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma

ARCHITECTS
RDR Arquitectos

PHOTOGRAPHY
Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma

AREA
900.0 m2

YEAR
2009

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
José Ignacio, Uruguay

Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma

Text description provided by architect.

The house is located next to the sea in a privileged lot on a gentle beach, Jose Ignacio. The site has a moderate slope towards the sea and its main views are towards the west and the sunset.

On one of its sides, towards the south, is one of the main access streets to the beach, very busy during the summer.

Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma
Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma

The program is a single family vacation home with continuous use during the summer, and occasional use during the winter.

It is designed almost entirely in a single floor that terraces slightly following the natural slope of the terrain.

The house is formed by a series of stone wall pavilions, separated by courtyards and covered by a large slab.

Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma
Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma
Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma

This roof garden is a strong horizontal gesture that relates the house with the sunset on the ocean horizon.

Both elements define the social area of the house as a sequence of exterior, interior, and semi-covered spaces that interrelate creating various conditions adapted to the climate variables of the site.

Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma
Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma

The large sliding windows turn the house into a great exterior, shaded space during the summer.

The house is consolidated on the south elevation, where the service functions are protected from the wind and from the access street to the beach.

Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma
Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma
Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma

The tower on the corner defines its inconspicuous presence in the landscape of the town of Jose Ignacio.


Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma
Buenos Mares House
© Cristóbal Palma / Estudio Palma


Buenos Mares House
Basement Floor Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Details
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Site Plan

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