Two Metallic Houses

Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses 

Mauricio Morra

ARCHITECTS
Mauricio Morra

STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS
Héctor Mónaco

MANUFACTURERS
Barco Insalaciones, Fv, Iluminarte, Ilva, Jym Aberturas, Lare, Norly Equipamientos, Peisa, Roca

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Mauricio Morra

PROJECT COLLABORATORS
Valeria Alasia, Diego Degiovanni

EXECUTION METALLIC STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM CLADDING
Metalúrgica Mosso

MASONRY EXECUTION
Miguel Coria Construcciones

EXECUTION OF DRY ENCLOSURES AND PAINTING
Berra Revestimientos Y Pintura

LANDSCAPING
Los Robles

PHOTOGRAPHS
Ramiro Sosa

AREA
2303 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Rafaela, Argentina

CATEGORY
Housing

Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Text description provided by architect.

The Two Metallic Houses are located on a corner lot of 12 x 30 meters, in a neighborhood on the eastern outskirts of the city of Rafaela, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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The corner situation is used to generate income on its longest north side and prioritize both houses.

The proposal avoids common spaces, which meant higher construction and maintenance costs.

The land was divided exactly in half, leaving the entire built and free private surface -with its own patios-, except for the obligatory North retreat that has remained as a semi-public garden.

Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Both houses are identical 2-bedroom duplexes (one accessible bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor and one on the ground floor).

They are supported by south and west dividing walls with services and taking advantage of the best east and north orientations for lighting, sunlight, and ventilation.

Its structure is metallic and modulated, with double UPN profiles, plus square and rectangular tubes.

Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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The openings and outer shells are made of aluminum (vertical rectangular tubes placed face or edge).

These main components -structure, envelopes, and openings- merge into a unified and integrated expression, fulfilling multiple roles.

Climate control, lighting, visuals, privacy, and security, with very low maintenance.

Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Regarding the interior, the partitioning is solved with dry technologies.

They have double-height galleries facing East, operating as a transition between the interior (stay rooms where the double-height living-dining room stands out) and the exterior (expansion patios).

Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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There is a close relationship, synergy, and spatial fluidity between these three categories -interior-transition-exterior-.

A light patio on the upper floor accentuates this contingency and integration of free and covered spaces, with light situations and the presence of natural elements -sky, light, vegetation- that favor an atmosphere of calm.

Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Due to its topological configuration, the proposal includes versatility of uses and flexibility to add future extensions, without corrupting its original concepts.

In some of the double-height modules -living-dining room or gallery- mezzanines with dry technologies can be added very simply, within the same construction.

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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Two Metallic Houses
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Mauricio Orlando Rojas Riquelme