BO House

BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango

BO House

Plan:b arquitectos

CONSTRUCTION
Verónica Vásquez

PROJECT TEAM
Carlos Blanco, Daniel Tobón, Alejandro Henao

JEFES DE PROYECTO
Felipe Mesa, Federico Mesa

MANUFACTURERS
Cielos Y Muros, Indural, Perceptual Studio

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Envigado, Colombia

CATEGORY
Houses

BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango

Text description provided by architect.

This house is located on a nearly flat rural land and at an altitude above sea level of 2100m, which in the tropics corresponds to a cold and rainy, wet ecosystem, with strong winds but without seasons.

BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango

What were areas of pastures and crops before have started to transform into residential areas and in this context we chose to bring this architecture to that of barns and farm houses, with wide roofs and compact and easily identifiable forms.

A structure of concrete columns, horizontal and slanted beams, as parallel planes, generates in an organized and simple way the structure of the house and its roof.

BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango

The structure is left exposed on the ground floor, but is clad to shape the roof: above with an asphalt shingle (high heat gain), and below with agglomerate boards finished with a shade of light yellow paint.

Within a compact rectangular outline, the social life of the house takes place on the ground floor and the private life on the second floor, but both are connected by a vertical and continuous space, configured by the roof.

BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango

Being on the ground floor is to enjoy the nearby landscape, the dogs, the fireplace and the concrete pergola that expands to the garden.

The morning and afternoon sun impact the long facades of the house, allowing to heat a larger surface all day. 

Being on the second floor is to inhabit the slopes of the roof, its skylights, deep windows and warm temperature.

BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango

And its compact, symmetrical and regular shape, without courtyards and with concentrated exchange points (skylights, windows, doors), controls the flow of cold wind, allowing to gain temperature.


BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango
BO House
© Alejandro Arango


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