Triplex Yvapovõ

Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez

Triplex Yvapovõ

Biocons Arquitectos

AREA
240 m²

LOCATION
Asuncion, Paraguay

CATEGORY
Houses

Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez

Text description provided by the architects.

The single-family house is located in a small 10x18m lot, resulting from 1/3 of a conventional lot, located near the center of Asunción which has a Yvapovõ (Melicoccus lepidopetalus) tree with a large diameter crown, considered a melliferous tree, specifically when it is in bloom, a stage in which it fulfills the function, especially for bees.

The intervention is simply guided by the tree, 2 transversal blocks that face south, silencing the oppressive Asuncion sun.

Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez
Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez

The program is solved in 240m2 with a ground floor that occupies a large percentage of land complying with the regulations, added to the parking lot, there is a very small patio.

This forced us to think and create different situations, settings, and environments in the later levels.

Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez
Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez

The pandemic ratified the importance of ventilated, contemplative, leisure, rest, and pause outdoor spaces in the home.

Therefore, we designed and created 4 outdoor scenarios, a gallery with a grill, a south terrace with a pool, a viewpoint towards the sunset with another grill, and another viewpoint towards the neighborhood and the tree.

Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez
Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez

With sincere language we imagine this house that is built with a local technique and materiality, by means of an exposed reinforced concrete structure providing the space with freshness and forceful composition combined with the clay brick, a parasol that dialogues with the tree as a brick creeper, ceramic and calcareous floors bring other sensations and traditions to the space, also adding the transparency and lighting controlled mainly from the South.

Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez
Triplex Yvapovõ
© Leonardo Méndez


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