House for Chiquita

House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez

House for Chiquita 

Meraki Arquitectura + Diseño

LEAD ARCHITECT
Violeta Pérez

DESIGN TEAM
Eloisa Barriocanal, Matías Barrios, Gali Krut, Macarenna Marinoni, Costanza Silvestri, Facundo Troche, Andres Riera, Paula León Ciotti

ENGINEERING
Doxa

PHOTOGRAPHS
Leonardo Méndez

AREA
235 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
San Bernardino, Paraguay

CATEGORY
Houses

The house for Chiquita is a weekend home. The brief was to create a space for relaxation and family get-togethers, with the shortest execution time possible.

House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez
House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez

Two cyclopean concrete walls intersect and define the space of this house with an almost square plan.

And a single-pitch sandwich iron sheet roof, detached from the walls, defines the composition of this one-story house on the slope of one of the hills in the city of San Bernardino.

House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez
House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez

Since the best views of the landscape are orientated towards the west, metal sheet parasols were incorporated in the design to not only achieve thermal comfort but to also give the main facade a singular language.

The house was implanted at the far end of the lot, to create a generous and welcoming space in the front.

House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez
House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez

Taking in account the natural slope of the land, the architect created an expansion terrace with a swimming pool at the same level to help with the expansion of the project itself.

The project revolves around a main living space where all the activities of the house interact with one another providing functionality to the house, on one of the house boundaries a sloped garden was created to provide natural light and air to the bedrooms that open towards it.

House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez
House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez

House Chiquita is essentially a project where tranquility and comfort interact to create a space for guests of all ages to use and enjoy in the now ever-growing city of San Bernardino.


House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez
House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez
House for Chiquita
© Leonardo Méndez


House for Chiquita
Plan
House for Chiquita
Plan


House for Chiquita
Section - AA
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Section - BB
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Section - CC
House for Chiquita
Section - DD


House for Chiquita
Elevation - East
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Elevation - North
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Elevation - West
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Elevation - South