Acha Housing Units

Acha Housing Units
© Javier Agustín Rojas

Acha Housing Units

 MONOBLOCK

ARCHITECTS
Monoblock

COLLABRATOR
Juan Pita

AREA
603 m²

MONOBLOCK TEAM
Marcos Amadeo, Fernando Cynowiec Paez, Juan Granara, Adrián Russo, Alexis Schachter,
Osvaldo Cheula, Martin Mayan, Marina Mazzocchi

 YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Argentina

CATEGORY
Apartments

Text description provided by architect.

The housing building located in the Mariano Acha Street, represents an investigation developed throughout theproject about two themes of great importance for us when the opportunity of operating on traditional lots in the city appears, implying a collective housing program.

Acha Housing Units
© Javier Agustín Rojas
Acha Housing Units
© Javier Agustín Rojas

These themes are: the revision of the latent possibilities of the lots between party walls, and the material expression of the buildings.

The volume of the building, from the third storey upward, rotates the traditional lot’s logic of Buenos Aires, giving place to a lateral façade, which coincides with the best orientation and views, taking advantage of the lower heights of the neighboring buildings and the presence of the Zapiola square.

Acha Housing Units
© Javier Agustín Rojas
Acha Housing Units
© Javier Agustín Rojas

The building combines different housing typologies that refer to distinct urban ways of inhabiting; from more introspective units, to flexible units that admit uses apart from the traditional use of inhabitation, and units with large places linked to life with more outdoor connection. 

The Acha Housing Building is a new chapter that intends to contribute to the revision on the extense problem of housing buildings in cities with an increasing density.

Acha Housing Units
© Javier Agustín Rojas
Acha Housing Units
© Javier Agustín Rojas
Acha Housing Units
© Javier Agustín Rojas


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First floor plan
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Second floor plan
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Third floor plan
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Fourth floor plan
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Fifth floor plan


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Elevation 1
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