House S / Alric Galindez Architects

Volume: Arelauquen G & CC-Bariloche - Black Rio Province - Argentina
Architects: Alric Galindez. Architect Santiago Alric, Architect Carlos Galindez, Architect Federico Lloveras.
Contributors: Alfredo Quiroga, Sofia Peluffo, Joaquin Adot
Counted: Eng Jorge Zapata
Consultants: Architect Beverati Carlos Juan, inst. Sanitary Engineer Edgardo Gaviño / Architect Julio Nieto, inst. Thermomechanical, Martin Evans Architect / Architect Silvia de Schiller, Design Bioenvironmental
Construction: Arrieta Arrieta & construction
Interior Design: Architect Patricia Gurfinkel / Decorator Sofia Mendoza
Year of completion: 2008
Square meters covered: 591m2
Square Meters discovered: 70m2

The first question that arises is how to raise a house in a land where nature has a strong presence. In that sense, I propose a relationship with the landscape through the material, as if the house was a rock in the mountains and that was always there.

The house is the result of stacked boxes on the side of a mountain. Each different view points and frames, by focusing mainly on the hills Cathedral, Otto, and windows, all protagonists of the landscape landmarks seen from the inside. These boxes are lined with stone exterior of the place looking for a visual connection with the rocks of the hills that surround it. The interior spaces were proposed white, so to find a contrast and highlight the landscape, this being the protagonist of the space.

The house is organized primarily on 2 floors. Plant access is located on the upper level so as to attain the best views. At this level are the kitchen / living room, master bedroom and guest. All these environments are linked to a terrace garden linked by a staircase that accompanies the natural slope of the terrain. At the lowest level are the bedrooms of children, a playroom and service area. It is organized so it can be divided into zones, depending on the number of people who are living at home, at different times of the year.

Circulations were raised as areas of the house that terminate in different geometries viewpoints so that the landscape is always on the run from the house.

The roof was designed so as to generate different apertures and spatial relations between different environments and the landscape outside. The same is composed of several flaps with different inclinations so as to generate light inputs into its folds and allow free drainage of water.

Studies of the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI) explain that homes consume 24 percent of total energy and much of this percentage is lost through misuse. This affects especially the climate problem, and that through heating, cooling and lighting emit 24 percent of the gases that cause global warming. In that sense, I raise the maximum savings while optimizing energy.

We performed a detailed study of the climate of the place and are designed accordingly horizontal and vertical cladding. The walls are composed by 2 hollow brick walls separated by expanded polystyrene 100mm thick, the outside is completely covered in stone, so to minimize the maintenance work of the house. The floor insulation is comprised of 2 subfloors separated by expanded polystyrene 50mm thick and covered with glass wool 50mm and 150mm of expanded polystyrene. Installation was performed in hot water heating and a future connection to 9 solar collectors so as to minimize the use of the boiler.

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