Black-tinted concrete varieties the outside of this home within the mountains of Córdoba by Argentinian studio AR Arquitectos.
The Black Home is situated within the small mountain city of La Calera, simply exterior of Córdoba. AR Arquitectos, a neighborhood studio, was commissioned by a household to create the 550 sq. meter Argentinian home.
“The principle concept was to interrupt away from conventional premises,” the studio mentioned. “Our consideration was centered on the selection of concrete because the protagonist materials in all its senses.”
The black coloured concrete used for the outside partitions creates a powerful visible affect and provides the home a way of solidity and permanence.
The 2-story construction is situated on a steep slope, so the decrease ground needed to be partially sunk into the bottom.
From the skin, a set of steps descends to the primary entrance, whereas automobiles park on a ramp in a storage that’s configured as a air flow path and gives sight strains by the home.
The widespread areas of the home are mixed in an open format on this decrease degree. Guests enter by the middle of the home, which opens to views of the encompassing mountains by tall, sliding partitions of glass.
“The bottom ground, undermined by the terrain, offers guests the expertise of strolling by the venture and framing the views it suggests,” mentioned AR Arquitectos.
“The inside and the outside merge due to the permeability that’s achieved by giant glazed surfaces, with window-doors that join the inside area with a big gallery, pool, backyard and consider,” added the studio.
A coated space behind the home permits guests to benefit from the outdoor whereas having fun with some safety from direct daylight.
Adjoining to the storage is a double-height space containing the staircase, which is fabricated from monolithic picket steps anchored into the structural concrete wall.
“The dimensions is among the foremost parts, with the concept of expressing the lightness of 1 materials in opposition to the robustness of one other materials, resembling black concrete,” defined AR Arquitectos.
Upstairs, there are two bedrooms and a house workplace set alongside a hall. Every of those areas enjoys a view of the town of Córdoba. As well as, the main bedroom opens onto a terrace.
The supplies used for the interiors distinction with the black concrete aesthetics of the outside partitions.
AR Arquitectos used a wooden referred to as Kiri, often known as Paulownia, for the slatted screens that cowl the street-facing home windows.
The main bedroom is lined completely with wooden paneling, together with some textured panels that add some visible curiosity to the partitions.
This species of wooden could be stronger than typical pine boards, whereas additionally being lighter.
Córdoba is a mountainous space in Argentina. Different initiatives within the space embody a dramatic cantilever home that’s wrapped in picket slats at its perimeter and a stone home that’s imagined to appear like a ruined medieval city.
The photograph is by Gonzalo Viramonte.