Güemes Building
GÜEMES BUILDING
Gerardo Caballero Maite Fernandez Arquitectos
ARCHITECTS
Gerardo Caballero Maite Fernandez Arquitectos
COLLABORATORS
Juan Fonseca
ENGINEERING
José R. Orengo
GENERAL CONSTRUCTOR
MR Sudamericana, constructora s.r.l
ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Gerardo Caballero, Maite Fernández, Orlando Alloatti
STRUCTURE
Ingen S. a
PHOTOGRAPHS
Gustavo Frittegotto
AREA
286.0 m²
YEAR
2009
LOCATION
Rosario, Argentina
CATEGORY
Apartments
Text description provided by architect.
The building is placed in a typical party wall urban lot, in a block with an open expanse of train tracks in front.From the building you can see this magnificent industrial landscape and behind it, the river and its islands.
At the beginning of its construction the project suffered a program modification, the client decided to change the original plan from one apartment per floor to two units per floor.
This modification resulted in an unexpected plan configuration.At ground floor all pedestrian and vehicular access is solved in a double height entrance that allows a fluid relationship with the public street.
The parking is cover by a green roof that improves views form the back apartments offering a small garden of native plants.
A pallet of monochromatic materials gives visual unity to the whole structure, although with differentiated textures.
The front façade, facing the river and good orientation affords a formal appearance, affords a deep balcony as expansion of the interiors and solar protection.
The back façade, facing the city and the bad orientation, was formalized with a more domestic and casual image that connects it to its neighbors.
