Green Corner House

Green Corner House
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GREEN CORNER HOUSE

Gussa

ARCHITECTS
Gussa

ENGINEERING
Sotela Alfaro Ltda

CONSULTANT
Gussette Systems

MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Extralum, Gussete, Intaco

LEAD ARCHITECT
Gustavo Calderón

AREA
120 m²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Cahuita, Costa Rica

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The “Esquina Verde” project was conceived as a house that could eventually evolve into a rental lodge for tourists and explorers, who constantly visit the area because of it`s tropical rain forests and beautiful beaches, next to Cahuita National Park, in Limon.

Green Corner House
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Green Corner House
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Known for heavy rains and high humidity most part of the year, the Caribbean side of the country host wide variety of animals, including insects and snakes to be accounted into the design of the project.

Separating the structure from the ground, overhangs all around and open floor concept were took in consideration for this.

Green Corner House
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Green Corner House
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Houses in the Caribbean side were original constructed on wood piles, way above ground and animals, where breeze flows freely beneath the structure to keep it cool under the hot sun, but mainly constructed like this because of fast flooding’s caused by heavy rains and flat topography.

For the steel frame we used a prefabricated Gussette bolted system, prebaricated near the city, with specialized workforce and materials it’s a perfect solution for tridimensional modularity in difficult places. One of the principal benefits is the optimization of ensemble costs on site which are greatly reduced.

Green Corner House
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Green Corner House
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Ship paint was applied to the structure for a heavy duty finish, with a much longer life span and just a once a year wash to remove dust from it. Palm overhangs were constructed and instaled by local aboriginal people.

Sliding doors all around the spaces gives the user the option to open it all up for fresh air and breeze to flow, overhangs all around the perimeter decks enables the use of all the house, both under heavy sun or rain.

Green Corner House
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Green Corner House
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For this particular project the client saved the wood of a hundred year old house that was being demolished, wood from the United States original brought to build workers houses of the banana plantations.


Green Corner House
First floor plan
Green Corner House
Second floor plan


Green Corner House
South elevation
Green Corner House
South elevation
Green Corner House
West elevation
Green Corner House
West section