Hormiga House

Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral

HORMIGA HOUSE

Estudio PK

ARCHITECTS
Estudio PK

AREA
230 m²

INTERIOR
SUMA interiorismo

PHOTOGRAPHS
Alejandro Peral

COUNTRY
Argentina

LEAD ARCHITECT
Arq. Ignacio Pessagno, Arq. Lilian Kandus

CATEGORY
Houses, Renovation

YEAR
2022

CITY
San Fernando

TEAM
Arq. Ignacio Pessagno, Arq. Lilian Kandus, Arq. Lucila López, Arq. Denise Andreoli, Arq. Belén Luna Crook, Arq. Belén López Astrada, Arq. Milagros Caride, Arq. Vanesa Rolón, Denise Bardelli, Melany D’angelo, Sofía Vier Abinet, Renata Stechina

LANDSCAPING
Grün paisajismo

STRUCTURAL CALCULATION
Ing. José Luis Pisani

Text description provided by architect.

Casa Hormiga is a single-family house located in a neighborhood scale context in San Fernando, Zona Norte, implanted and coexisting with the local regulations.

Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral
Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral
Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral
Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral

The main axis of the reform is to preserve the imprint of the existing building and to use a light structure that creates a link between the original house and the new intervention.

The exposed brick facade was left bare so that the original construction can be seen. Above it is the top floor with white sheet metal cladding.

Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral
Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral
Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral
Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral

Based on the possibilities and opportunities that the old building offered us, the secondary partitions were eliminated to make the floor plan more dynamic, obtaining more generous spaces and providing more light inside the house.

The duality of what was and what is new can be seen in the front part of the house. The structure of sliding folding sheet metal shutters gives dynamism to the facade.

Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral
Hormiga House
© Alejandro Peral


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