Corallo House
CORALLO HOUSE
PAZ Arquitectura
ARCHITECTS
PAZ Arquitectura
PHOTOGRAPHS
Andrés Asturias
AREA
747 m²
YEAR
2011
LOCATION
Guatemala City, Guatemala
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
Located on a dense hillside forest in the Santa Rosalía area of Guatemala City.
Corallo House integrates the existing forest into the layout of the house.
It merges nature into the architectural intervention.The design process began with the aim to preserve the existing trees.
In order to have the trees interact with the living space.
The floor plan is free of columns and the changes in level adapt to the existing topography.
Both façades are mostly glass in order to connect the interior to the exterior.
The main structural component is exposed concrete, which shows the rustic texture of the wood formwork.
Allowing a dialogue between the formal element and the textures of the forest.
