Casa Espera

Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela

Casa Espera

AToT - Arquitectos Todo Terreno

MANUFACTURERS
Isover, Acier Argentina, Aluar, Fv, Roca

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Lucia Hollman, Agustin Moscato, Joaquin Portela

PHOTOGRAPHS
Joaquin Portela

LOCATION
Tigre, Argentina

YEAR
2021

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The project is located in an area quite consolidated by the urbanization in the Delta del Tigre area.

Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela

The proposal is to recognize and recover the depth of the island through the house, valuing not only its riverfront but also its floodplains.

Therefore, as a design strategy, the passing space where the route is forced under the house is included in the project, thus recognising the entire site through the long sequence of visuals and highlighting the notion of a promenade.

Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela

The house is located on the ruins of an old pre-existence building allowing the generation of a shaded area on the lower plane that is protected from recurring floods and is only affected by the increasing annual maximum water levels.

The upper spatial structure is achieved following the constructive logic verified by its predecessor island houses made by the office.

Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela

In this sense, the modulations and coatings follow the strict rules of production and assembly, allowing an architecture where the relationship between material specificity and spatial expression is as continuous as possible.

The exterior cladding based on injected polyurethane panels allows a continuous exterior and interior brightness that ends up highlighting the wood used on the floor and in the internal partitions.

Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela

The architectural piece balances its overhangs from the service areas which can be treated as interior spaces or expansions that function as filters (roofs or reversible awnings) that allow a suitable integration with the surrounding environment.


Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
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Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela


Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela
Casa Espera
© Joaquin Portela


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