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 + 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.