Vásquez & López Arquitectos

House in Cieneguilla

House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros

House in Cieneguilla

Vásquez & López Arquitectos

ARCHITECTS
Vásquez & López Arquitectos

LEAD ARCHITECT
Christian Vásquez, Milagros López

TECHNICAL TEAM
Joao Gabriel

CONSTRUCTION
Vásquez & López Arquitectos

CIVIL ENGINEER
Julio Silva

PHOTOGRAPHS
Eleazar Cuadros

AREA
450 m²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Cieneguilla, Peru

CATEGORY
Houses

English description provided by the architects.

This house is located in the Lurín River Valley, the place where many pre-Hispanic cultures developed.

House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros
House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros

It is proposed as a large block of mass that occupies the entire permitted front of the lot, reserving the back part for the privacy of the family it hosts.

This initial decision gives it a marked stereotomic character, with a sense of weight and significant mass, a block that is linked to the ground or emerges from it, whose spaces and the materiality that compose them propose an integration with the essence and cultural past of the territory in which it is located.

House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros
House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros

This substantial block is sculpted from multiple sections, creating moments and slowing the pace of movement through its initial spaces. The entrance features a large gap in the mass, forming a patio as the first transitional space.

The closed and well-defined lobby, with its level change, enforces a pause, while the landing of the main staircase unexpectedly reveals the rear landscape.

House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros
House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros

The transition between the dining room and kitchen offers a broad opening to the mountains, and the enclosed staircase leads to the game room, delicately graduating the levels of intimacy.

These areas and the lighting mechanisms create transitions, preparing inhabitants for significant moments of connection with the landscape through beautifully framed windows.

The house's materiality reinforces its integration with the territory, where ancient inhabitants built with earth, stone, and wood, materials still used in the valley.

House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros
House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros
House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros

All exterior walls are finished with rough surfaces and earth-like colors, local stone is used on the floors of open spaces like outdoor patios, terraces, and even the kitchen.

The large double-height ceiling of the living room is constructed with wood, which is also used for the interior floors.

House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros
House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros
House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros

Social and private areas are connected through the hall, with the living and dining rooms opening onto a large terrace that extends to the rear gardens.

The kitchen is strategically located to oversee the spaces it serves. A game room above the kitchen, accessible from the terrace, offers a high degree of independence.

House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros
House in Cieneguilla
© Eleazar Cuadros

Private areas span two levels: two secondary bedrooms on the first level and two bedrooms on the second level, including the master bedroom.


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House in Cieneguilla
Conceptual Model


House in Cieneguilla
First Floor Plan
House in Cieneguilla
Second Floor Plan
House in Cieneguilla
Site Plan

Vásquez & López Arquitectos
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