Looking at the sea. Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo
28/08/2019.
[Maldonado] Uruguay
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Argentine architect Pablo Gagliardo projects this house facing the sea, in Punta Piedras, on Route 10, Maldonado, Urugay. Located on a plot of gentle slope facing the beach with abundant trees and native vegetation, the house is accessed through a path, in the middle of the vegetation and below a large double-height eave where vehicles are protected, and which in turn contains the pool and terrace on the upper floor.
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Plot diagramme. Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo.
Floor plan. Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo.
Landscape section. Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo.
Section. Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo.
Elevation. Nabuco House by Pablo Gagliardo.
The architect used reinforced concrete with boards formwork to solve the structure and envelope of the house, taking advantage of its possibilities and resistance to external agents, such as sea salt.
The house is conceived as a large roof over a concrete mass that sinks over the natural slope of the terrain. Intuitively, public and private uses within the project are clearly distinguished.
The house is developed in three levels, organized in two large areas, the first two solid and less permeable floors contain the intimate environments and services of the house, and the transparent and totally open second floor where the extensive social life of the residents takes place.
The house is conceived as a large roof over a concrete mass that sinks over the natural slope of the terrain. Intuitively, public and private uses within the project are clearly distinguished.
The house is developed in three levels, organized in two large areas, the first two solid and less permeable floors contain the intimate environments and services of the house, and the transparent and totally open second floor where the extensive social life of the residents takes place.
Project description by Pablo Gagliardo
The project is located in Uruguay, Punta Piedras, on Route 10, on a gently sloping beachfront lot with abundant trees and native vegetation.
The house is conceived as a large roof over a concrete mass that sinks over the natural slope of the terrain. Intuitively, public and private uses within the project are clearly distinguished.
The house is developed in three levels, organized in two large areas, the first two solid and less permeable floors contain the intimate environments and services of the house, and the transparent and totally open second floor where the extensive social life of the residents takes place.
The main entrance to the house is through a winding path of natural gravel, in the middle of the vegetation and below a large eaves in double height where the vehicles are protected, and which in turn contains the pool and terrace of the upper floor.
The staircase in triple height as a backbone, articulates and concentrates the circulations, relating all the spaces and levels. In parallel, an exterior staircase connects the ground floor with the rear terrace of the last floor, linking the exterior spaces without having to go through the interior of the house.
On the lower level, half-buried, there is a great single flexible space for various uses (study, guests, temporary rent) with an independent entrance and the possibility of subdividing; it also contains service units, warehouses and machinery room.
On the first level, the most intimate rooms are located, three bedrooms and three bathrooms, designed so that their divitions can be modified to adapt to the number of occupants.
The last floor takes the maximum height possible by regulation and is projected as a single large space, completely open and continuous, with an island of services where the kitchen, pantry, and toilette are located. This space expands through two large terraces, one in direct relation with the grove that occupies the bottom of the lot and contains the barbecue grill, and another that goes to the beach where the solarium and the pool with infinity edge can situated. In this way, the social area of the house is in continuous relation with the outside, with open views over the sea and in adequate connection, regarding the street and vehicular circulation
The thin inclined concrete roof, of complex structural resolution, reinforces the continuity between the interior and exterior by blurring the limits of the enclosed space, and enhancing the imposing views of the lot itself and opens up, generating height towards the sea.
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Architects
Collaborators
Sebastián Larpin, Lucía Galfione, Cecilia Alianak, Nicolas Mendez Diaz.
Dates
2015.
Manufacturers
TERMOCAL, Alufran, Anibal ABBATE, Hormigones Uruguay, Ángel Tort.
Area
302.0 m²
Photography
Pablo Gagliardo
Pablo Gagliardo. Argentine architect graduated from the UNR, with a master's degree in Urban Economics from the Torcuato Di Tella University. Director of Obring Architecture. With architecture studio in the city of Rosario, Argentina. He is the developer of the first urban agreement with the Municipality of Rosario to build towers on the coastal front of Pichincha, thinking of spaces with multiple uses for the neighborhood and new relationships between public and private.
He is the author of a stripped architecture, but of strong expressive quality, thanks to the use of concrete seen with formwork boards. Spatial continuity defines the environments and domestic situations, as a way of living in constant relationship with the outside, generating a sustainable habitat with avant-garde image.
He is the author of a stripped architecture, but of strong expressive quality, thanks to the use of concrete seen with formwork boards. Spatial continuity defines the environments and domestic situations, as a way of living in constant relationship with the outside, generating a sustainable habitat with avant-garde image.
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