The project is located in a very consolidated urban sector, on a busy street south of the city of Paraná. Initially, the place was an undeveloped and depopulated area in which a small temple was erected, with a gabled roof and side tower.
Project name
San Peregrino Oratory
Architecture firm
ASÍ! Arquitectura
Location
Paraná, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
Principal architect
Adrían Peretti, Sebastián Cagliero, Iván Peker
Design team
Adrían Peretti, Sebastián Cagliero, Iván Peker
Collaborators
Pbro. Walter Minigutti – Parroquia Santo Domingo Savio
Structural engineer
Emmanuel Yones
Construction
Néstor Ruiz Díaz, Daniel Mendieta, Elías Ruiz Díaz, Juan Cruz Morantes, Joel Ignacio López. Pablo Bregant (PB Soluciones); Maximiliano Bence (Herrerías MB); Arq. Ramira Pablo y Fernando Mengui (SEI Aberturas de Aluminio); Romina Spiedo (Studio Gráfico Vector Paraná).
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel
Client
Parroquia Santo Domingo Savio – Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Typology
Religious › Oratory
The house is built entirely of concrete with a deliberately indeterminate form with no clear geometric figure – powerful on the one hand but equally never challenging the centrality of the landscape. The platform led to a clear arrangement of program – private functions downstairs and to the rear, and the gathering spaces for the family on the upp...
Project name
Castle Cove House
Architecture firm
Terroir
Location
Castle Cove, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Brett Boardman Photography
Principal architect
Scott Balmforth, Gerard Reinmuth
Interior design
TERROIR in collaboration with Pascale Gomes-McNabb Design
Structural engineer
Kevin Mongey Simpson Design Associates (SDA Structures)
Environmental & MEP
Steve Nee - CandSnee (Electrical), Innerwest Plumbing (Plumbing)
Lighting
TERROIR in collaboration with Pascale Gomes-McNabb Design
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
In today's modern world, concrete has become a very commonly used substance in construction. Watch any building being built, and you will most likely see a lot of concrete being poured and formed to create walls, slabs for floors, sidewalks, roads, bridges, and so on.
Photography
La Casa del Sapo ( Onnis Luque, Fabian Martinez)
A House: A Village. All architecture carries implicitly its vocation of ruin, and such condition is the final form with which architecture enters in communion with nature and returns to it.
Architecture firm
Nanzer | Vitas
Location
Capilla del Monte, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Cristián Nanzer, Carolina Vitas
Design team
Cristián Nanzer, Carolina Vitas, María Laura Herrera
Interior design
María Laura Herrera
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
It starts from the imaginary of the treehouse, where the main idea of being in contact with nature and discovery, allows to stimulate learning from a concept that meets the methodology used in school.
Project name
Casa da Árvore
Architecture firm
Contaminar Arquitetos
Location
Leiria, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Joel Esperança, Ruben Vaz, Eurico Sousa and Joaquim Duarte
Design team
Joel Esperança, Ruben Vaz, Eurico Sousa and Joaquim Duarte
Collaborators
Filipa Pimpão, Ana Carolina and Sara Fernandes
Civil engineer
Dimeng, Lda
Structural engineer
Dimeng, Lda
Construction
Irmãos Couto e Coito, Lda
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel
Tools used
ZWCAD and ArchiCAD
Client
O Jardim dos Fraldinhas
Typology
Educational › 1st Cycle School of Basic Education
An absent architecture illuminates the mystery. The inspiration behind this project is derived from carefully listening to the subtle murmurs and whispers of environments like this, as well as the client's search for protection and shelter.
Project name
The Hill in Front of the Glen
Architecture firm
HW STUDIO Arquitectos
Location
El Vaquerito, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Photography
Cesar Bejar (Rainy Mood Pictures), Dane Alonso (Sunny Mood Pictures), Video by Mavix. Hugo Tirso Dominguez
Principal architect
Rogelio Vallejo Bores and Oscar Didier Ascencio Castro
Design team
Sergio Antonio Garcia Padilla, Jesus Alejandro Lopez Hernandez, Alberto Gallegos Negrete
Collaborators
Antonio Rangel Total, Alberto Gallegos Negrete
Interior design
Rogelio Vallejo Bores
Civil engineer
Antonio Rangel Toral
Structural engineer
Antonio Rangel Toral
Lighting
Rogelio Vallejo Bores
Supervision
Oscar Didier Ascencio Castro
Construction
ARGA Constructora
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
It is a project to enjoy Yucatan, its sky, its wind and its vegetation. The footprint of the house is just one fifth of the land extension, always leaving free space and vegetation as the protagonist.
Project name
Akúun House (Casa Akúun)
Architecture firm
Arkham Project / GCW
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Yoshihiro Koitani
Principal architect
Benjamín Peniche Calafell, Jorge Duarte Torre, GCW
Design team
Alan May, Iván Valdez, Lorena Cervera
Construction
Cáceres Arquitectos y Asociados S.A de C.V
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the district of Porto, in the Village of Lousada, the Interpretation Centre of Romanesque is located in an area that is an expansion of this village marked by a strong relationship with an urban square called Pra- ça das Pocinhas and with the Senhor dos Aflitos Church - a strong reference in the town center.
Project name
Centro de Interpretação do Românico /Interpretation Centre of Romanesque
Architecture firm
Spaceworkers®
Location
Lousada, Porto, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Henrique Marques, Rui Dinis
Design team
Rui Rodrigues, Sérgio Rocha, Rui Miguel, Marco Santos, Mónica Pacheco
Collaborators
Bairro Design, Carla Duarte - cfo
Interior design
Spaceworkers® and Glorybox
Civil engineer
aspp Engenheiros,Lda.
Structural engineer
aspp Engenheiros,Lda.
Supervision
Spaceworkers®
Visualization
Spaceworkers®
Tools used
Vectorworks, Rhinoceros 3D, Cinema 4D
Construction
Edilages, sa
Material
Reinforced Concrete, Glass, Steel
Client
Lousada Municipality
Typology
Interpretation Center
