By Karen Valenzuela

• Architects: Nicolas Bechis
• Location: Santa Fe, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
• Collaborator: Maximiliano Godoy
• Project Area: 140.0 m2
• Project Year: 2012
• Photographs: Federico Cairoli

From the architect. This single-family housing project is under the cozy atmosphere of Pinar that distinguishes this private neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Santa Fe.

In order to relate closely to the environment to capture its filtered light, energy and pleasant views, the house unfolds silently on the ground.

A main tectonic volume hosts the living area overlooking the syntax and articulating other parts of the program which coated in black metal sheet plug around it.

Intimate but extroverted, it is open with courtyards as voids that catch the spirit of the place and insert it into the white and bright interior where each opening cuts a piece of it.

An initial program of 150 meters was the first of three possible later stages.

Its construction is made with traditional materials and technologies as the low budget was a relevant issue during design.

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