Vincent Van Duysen Architects

Azara 891 Building

Azara 891 Building
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AZARA 891 BUILDING

Centro Cero + Pablo Pugliese

ARCHITECTS
Centro Cero, Pablo Pugliese

ENGINEERING
Juan Pablo Busti

MANUFACTURERS
SketchUp, Acri Aberturas, AutoCAD, BCH Propuedades, Barec Sanitarios, Carbemix, De las Misiones, Fenbel, Niveltex, Premezclados

CONSTRUCTION
Javier Mora

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Leonardo Gabriel Valtuille, Carolina Antolini, Pablo Javier Pugliese

AREA
338 m²

DESIGN TEAM
Leonardo Gabriel Valtuille, Carolina Antolini, Pablo Javier Pugliese

COLLABORATORS
Ariana Malena Miranda, Maria Fernanda Mierez

YEAR
2020

CATAGORY
Apartments

LOCATION
Lomas De Zamora, Argentina

Text description provided by architect.

Azara 891 is a low-density multifamily building located on a plot of land between party walls in Lomas de Zamora, south of Buenos Aires Metropolitan area.

Azara 891 Building
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Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas
Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas

On an empty lot of limited dimensions (8.66m x 19.52m), it is prioritizing the preservation of a large existing avocado tree, adjacent to the southern neighbor.

Two functional units are defined per floor, which take the entire width of the lot, both in the front and in the back part of the building, separated by the Avocado Patio and the stairs on the north side.

Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas
Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas

This arrangement allows multiple visual continuities, cross ventilation, and lighting.

The ground floor is free to the front for pedestrian access and garages and is completed with a flat with its own backyard. The stairs and the hallways are related to the patio.

The third floor allows each unit to have its individual terrace with a barbecue to reformulate its own patio in height.

Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas
Azara 891 Building
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Azara 891 Building
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The exposed concrete, the large edge-to-edge windows, the textured white walls, and the linear space generated by the tensioners that will receive vegetation, give the whole a contemporary and stripped-down aesthetic.

Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas
Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas

The yellow microperforated sheet metal gate illuminates and stands out by contradiction, provides privacy as well as visual permeability depending on the time of day.

Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas
Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas
Azara 891 Building
© Javier Agustin Rojas

The material continuity of the pavement of the sidewalk dissolves the limits reinforcing the idea of ​​prolonging the public over the private, improving the pedestrian experience of the neighborhood.


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Vincent Van Duysen Architects
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