On the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the studios adamo-faiden + Arrhov Frick propose, as a complement to an active urban lifestyle, a home in direct contact with the rugged terrain on which it is located. This construction sits in the center of a plot surrounded by vegetation and close to a stream, where building density is minimal.

Mid Week House presents itself as a home that grants its inhabitants the freedom to transform each room according to their needs, offering the possibility of unifying or dividing the domestic space. Given the nature of the home, which manages and directs the gaze toward the natural stimuli of the exterior, this implies a constant exercise in perception and participation that places the inhabitant at the center of the scene.

The house by the architecture studios adamo-faiden + Arrhov Frick on the outskirts of Buenos Aires sits on the garden facing the stream, presenting itself as a permeable element that divides the exterior space into equal parts and blends with the surrounding nature, receiving the morning sun and connecting with the nearby stream and the reflection of afternoon sunlight it produces, creating a domestic space that uses exterior stimuli as its own architectural elements.

Mid Week House consists of a volume made from concrete panels and sliding glass windows, with facades alternating between openings and curtains, allowing for modulation of the entry of light and the privacy of the spaces it houses. These interior spaces, conceived as three free-standing cores, offer the possibility of being unified or fragmented, and of connecting with their surroundings or being isolated, giving the project and its inhabitants a very particular spatial quality that inspires freedom and connection.

Mid week house by adamo-faiden. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas

Mid week house by adamo-faiden + Arrhov Frick. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas.

Project description by adamo-faiden + Arrhov Frick

As a complement to an active urban life, a residence is proposed in direct contact with the natural soil of the outskirts of Buenos Aires. The construction is positioned in the center of the plot, drawing a thin line on the north-south axis that divides the exterior space into equal parts. The garden that borders the street receives the morning sun and is linked in a more permeable way with the neighbors and with the visitors of the house. The garden facing the creek receives the afternoon sun and is presented as a space to carry out activities that require greater privacy. The relationships between both instances occur through the house, presenting itself as a habitable canopy capable of managing stimuli coming from the outside.

To this end, its facades are materialized by alternating curtains, precast concrete panels, sliding glass windows and mosquito nets. Its operation gives the inhabitant the freedom to transform each instance of the house into an interior space or a gallery crossed by the weather. Towards the interior, three technical cores exempt from the perimeter offer the possibility of unifying or dividing the domestic space. Living in this pavilion implies a constant exercise in perception and participation, positioning the inhabitant at the center of the scene.

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Adamo-faiden + arrhov Frick.
Adamo-faiden. Lead architects.- Sebastián Adamo, Marcelo Faiden.
Arrhov Frick. Lead architects.-Johan Arrhov, Henrik Frick.

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Project director.- Emilia Fernández.

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Francisco Fioramonti, Lucas Beizo.
Structures.- Empresa constructora PRE-MOLD.
Façade engineering consultant.- SKIN.

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Chamber (Juan Agustín García Mosqueda).

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2021-2023.

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Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Javier Agustín Rojas.
Digital images.- Lucas Beizo.

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adamo-faiden. Architecture practice was established in Buenos Aires in 2005 by Sebastián Adamo (1977) and Marcelo Faiden (1977). They are architects from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and PhD from the School of Architecture of Barcelona (UPC). They have been working as partners since 2000, and in 2005 they founded Adamo-Faiden, starting their journey from the centre of Buenos Aires. They are professors at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and the University of Palermo (UP).

Their work includes the field of teaching and research and has been internationally recognised by different media and institutions. His works have been exhibited at the Sao Paulo Architecture Biennial, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Venice Architecture Biennial, the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the LIGA Architecture Gallery in Mexico, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt, the Storefront for Art & Architecture in New York, and at the Princeton University School of Architecture.

Seven monographic publications have compiled adamo-faiden’s work, including a+u 2024:10. “Adamo-Faiden” Selective Memory; Revista 2G Nº91. adamo-faiden: International Architecture (Editorial Walther & Franz König); Inventory (Actar, Barcelona, ​​Spain); “Adamo-Faiden. El constructor contemporáneo. 2007-2018” (TC Prospectiva, Valencia, Spain); “Adamo-Faiden. 2007/2017” (Casa editrice Libria, Melfi, Italy); 2G ​​Magazine Nº65 “Adamo-Faiden” (Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, ​​Spain); and Monographic Book “Adamo-Faiden” (ARQ Editions, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile). In 2019, Agustín Fiorito became an associate architect of the firm, inaugurating at the same time the headquarters of adamo-faiden in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Sebastián Adamo is an architect from the University of Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA) and has a master's degree from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (ETSAB-UPC). He has been a visiting professor at the School of Architecture of Princeton University, the Polytechnic University of Milan, FADU-UBA and Torcuato Di Tella University. He has also been a guest lecturer at numerous institutions, such as the Canadian Center for Architecture, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Porto School of Architecture, the Polytechnic University of Milan, the RIBA in London, the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, the École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne, the Polytechnic School of Architecture in Madrid, the University of Talca and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Marcelo Faiden is an architect from the University of Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA) with an honours degree and a master's degree from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (ETSAB-UPC). He received his doctorate (ETSAB-UPC) with his thesis "The ground floors of tall buildings". He is Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Studies at the Torcuato Di Tella University. He was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Architecture at Princeton University, FADU-UBA, University of Palermo, and Torcuato Di Tella University. He has been invited to give courses and lectures at numerous institutions such as the Canadian Center for Architecture, the School of Architecture of Madrid, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the School of Architecture of Valencia, the Escola da Cidade de Sao Paulo, the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of the University of Montevideo and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

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Arrhov frick is an architecture office founded in 2010, in Stockholm by Johan Arrhov (1979) and Henrik Frick (1977). In 2017 Carlos Nieto (1977) became a collaborating partner.

The office has a collective competence with experience in all phases of the building process – from concept to finished building – including BIM-management on a larger scale.

Working with a diversity of projects, the ambition is to create architecture that makes life better for the people. They believe architecture should be simple to construct and easy to maintain. A building should be pleasant to live in and to discover.

In parallel to the studio, an involvement in the academic discourse as critics in juries and universities internationally is important. They frequently lecture throughout the world and their work is widely published in international magazines and books. Among other honors, Arrhov Frick has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale and has recently been selected to redesign the new Architecture Museum in Stockholm.

Since 2021, Johan Arrhov is appointed as visiting professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland, holding a research-based studio addressing questions of necessary changes in behaviors and simplified constructions to achieve relevant and beautiful architectural proposals.

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Published on: March 20, 2025
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