House in Montañeses Street

House in Montañeses Street

BHY arquitectos

House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas

ARCHITECTS
Bhy Arquitectos

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Javier Bracamonte, Gonzalo Yerba

MANUFACTURERS
Neolith, Aluar, Huup, Pimux

COLLABORATORS
Matías Hajnal 

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Houses, Detail

CATEGORY
Buenos Aires, Argentina

House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas
House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas

Text description provided by architect.

The "Chorizo house" is a traditional typology that emerged in Buenos Aires at the end of the 19th century.

This typology is characterized by a succession of consecutive rooms along a longitudinal courtyard. During the 30´ 40´ building the totality of the plot of land was allowed.

Due to this along with real estate speculation, the lots became over-densified, with small constructions confined to the center of the block, exposed to poor lighting and ventilation conditions.

House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas
House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas
House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas

The project works on one of these houses, adapting it to the needs of a young family, guaranteeing habitability conditions, and exploring new ways of inhabiting the block center.

The intervention is structured in three operations, removing the retractable roof of an existing north-facing courtyard, demolishing a small mezzanine to relocate the vertical circulation, and building a new flat roof to hold the private program of the house.

The main program is organized around the new courtyard, ensuring optimal lighting and ventilation conditions, while the service and vertical circulation are placed on the opposite party wall.

House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas
House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas
House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas

The vertical circulation resolved by means of a micro-perforated sheet metal staircase filters the light coming from a mobile glass roof through which the terrace is reached.

The courtyard explores the transition between public and private, inside and outside, while the flat terrace, with its garden of native plants, explores a new way of inhabiting the exterior in the lung of the block.

House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas


House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas
House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas
House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas
House in Montañeses Street
© Javier Agustín Rojas
House in Montañeses Street


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