Lomas Verdes House

Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez

Lomas Verdes House

Kike Martinez + Marcos Martinez

ARCHITECTS
Kike Martinez , Marcos Martinez

COLLABORATORS
Julio Gomez, Ramon Arguello ,don Sanabria ,gustavo Liuzzi ,oshua Ramos

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Kike Martinez , Marcos Martinez

PHOTOGRAPHS
Leonardo Mendez

AREA
210 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Caapucú, Paraguay

CATEGORY
Houses

130 km from the Metropolitan area of Asunción, this house is located on a farm with sparse vegetation, located on a hill at the edge of the mountain, in the middle of the meadow.

Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez
Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez

A thorough site analysis was crucial in making certain project decisions. Factors such as limited rainfall, the absence of a piped water supply, rocky soil, strong winds, and the considerable distance from both the capital and the nearest town, located approximately 30 km away, led to the decision to employ local labor to support the local economy, adopting a wet construction system.

The majority of materials used were either extracted on-site or obtained locally, aiming to mitigate environmental impact.

Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez
Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez

The project results from the reinterpretation of Culata Jovai and Corredor Jere, typical rural typologies of the country, whose intermediate spaces are essential for life in subtropical climates.

The house developed as a bar, facilitating possible longitudinal expansions, and rests upon a stone podium extracted from the same site.

Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez
Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez

Services are positioned to the west to mitigate solar impact, while perimeter galleries and a wooden sunshade protect the interior of the enclosure and simultaneously form the main space of the house—an intermediate space between the interior and the surrounding nature.

The corrugated metal roof, with thermal and acoustic insulation, adopts a single slope to allow for the collection of rainwater directed towards water reservoirs for subsequent reuse.

Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez
Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez
Lomas Verdes House
© Leonardo Mendez


Lomas Verdes House
Section - AA
Lomas Verdes House
Section - BB


Lomas Verdes House
Plan - Ground floor
Lomas Verdes House
Elevation - East