Dragon-fly House

Dragon-fly House
© Albano García

Dragon-fly House

Barbara Berson + Horacio Sardin

PHOTOGRAPHS
Albano García

AREA
95 m²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Argentina

CATEGORY
Houses

The house designed and built on an island in the Paraná River delta is immersed in a forest of willows.

Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García

Conceived as a dragonfly subtly perched on the land with stilts that, like delicate legs, elevate the house to protect it from the frequent rises in water levels.

The house spreads its wings from glazed facades that project outward.

Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García

The vernacular housing of these lands, built with wood as the main material and surrounded by shaded galleries, is reinterpreted with a new geometry.

The house in its entirety becomes a large gallery of shadows.

Through the complete ejection of the carpentry, all interior spaces become shaded areas provided with crossed air currents, adapting the house for warm summers.

Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García

Above the house, a wooden roof adds shade while becoming a lookout to view the sky and the trees.


Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García


Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García
Dragon-fly House
© Albano García


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