CASA RO
The land where the project is located is a private residential zone with very specific regulations. The architectural approach allows an uneven distribution squad that offers service areas across the boundaries of the land, allowing a free flow and generating one of the major elements in the house; the central courtyard, which is presented as the heart of the home.
Alongside this architectural approach, the vocation of the land and its relation to the immediate context at the edge of a ravine, can generate an internal distribution where there is a clear separation between public and private areas, each in a different wing of the ground floor.
The architectural program is adapted to the topography and solves the distribution of the residence in two levels, with the upper floor access and service areas, and downstairs the social and private areas. Of note is the shift in the volume of the social area downstairs so that the exterior corridors seize the gap and unite with the ravine.
By using apparent brick, with a detailed arrangement, the character of this space is defined by creating a clear distinction between the outside and inside. Likewise, the use of lattices defines a permeable volume, generating unique gardens and a set of lights and shadows, defining an enriching spatial experience, as well as visuals carefully framed causing different looks outwards.
The private areas, such as bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen and TV studio are distributed around the central courtyard on the lower level, setting every time a connection to the outer space and nature.
This is how the topography and location on the site are the qualities that allow RO HOUSE, the integration with its context in a subtle but definite way, achieving thus a great architectural and spatial depth.
