Elisa House

ELISA HOUSE

Federico Olmedo

Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte

CATEGORY
Houses, Sustainability

LOCATION
San Clemente, Argentina

ARCHITECTS
Federico Olmedo

MANUFACTURERS
Adobe Systems Incorporated, AutoCAD, Ecoglass, Ellenza

AREA
1829 ft²

YEAR
2020

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Grupo Boreal, Federico Olmedo, Emiliano Torres

DESIGN TEAM
Federico Olmedo, Emiliano Torres, Consuelo Linares, Florián Lopez

Elisa House
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Text description provided by architect.

Casa Elisa is a single-family home located in a mountainous area called San Clemente, south west of Cordoba, Argentina.

Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
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From the beginning of the project we have worked together with the client, carrying out a design process in which the client's participation was very active.

Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
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The implantation was chosen looking for the highest point of the entire land, which consists of 7 hectares of mountain ranges, with native forest and a stream that defines it in a large part of its perimeter.

Elisa House
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Elisa House
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In this way we achieve that the inhabitant can enjoy beautiful views of the mountains, giving priority to the main rooms of the house.

Elisa House
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Elisa House
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Special care was taken in its orientation, making a “U” -shaped approach that opens to the north, gaining sun in winter and covering itself from the summer sun through a gallery covered with colonial clay tiles.

Elisa House
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Elisa House
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The entire house is on the ground floor and has access to a terrace through an external staircase.

Elisa House
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Elisa House
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The markedly Mediterranean style was inspired by Ibizan architecture, with white walls, with wavy plaster and rounded edges.

Solar energy was used with photovoltaic panels for electricity consumption, and with a solar hot water tank to heat the domestic water in the house.

Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte


Elisa House
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Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Elisa House
© Gonzalo Viramonte


Elisa House
Ground floor plan
Elisa House
Roof plan


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