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Sereno House / Jaime Rendon Arquitectos

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,
 

Architects: Jaime Rendon Arquitectos
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Project Team: Jaime Rendon, Felipe Campuzano, Fernando Zapata
Structure Engineer: Luis Bernardo Gonzalez
Contractor: Luz Estella Orrego
Soil Study: SOLINGRAL LTDA
Electrical Design: INGELECTRICA LTDA
Construction year: 2006-2007
Photographs: Sergio Gomez, Felipe Campuzano

This house is located at the suburbs of Medellín (Colombia), 2,150 meter AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level).
The outstanding visual over the valley (named Valle del Aburrá), and the native forest that surrounds the house make this site unique in its type.

The longitudinal house location in reference to the plot enables walking trough while enjoying the exterior outlook.

The built-in white concrete volume encloses the social and the service zones, as well as the bedrooms. The built-in black stone volume surrounds the master bedroom and the private study (wood-box), both are linked by a iron built-in bridge.

Sun-light and shade splits the social zone in summer time, as result of the patio, the study, the bedrooms location against south and east facades.

At the end of the year, the sun is south located and the whole area has a steady shade over the social zone, not only because of the house location but the native forest sun shade effect.

The entry is a dual connotation, i.e., colossal and tiny, which best elucidates the “zaguán y el alero” (hallway) very popular in the traditional Colombian houses.

 

9 comments »

Cozby says:

Is it just me or does South America seem like the place to be when it comes to architecture these days. Some brilliant stuff going on there.

 
# June 27, 2008 at 19:00
C.R. says:

I wouldn’t say anything different that this is a fantastic design. What a simplicity and magnificence. I have seen other projects/houses from this young architect and certainly I do believe he will be part of the famous persons of the architecture.

 
# June 30, 2008 at 11:01
natalie says:

est ce que je peut avoir les plans de cette villa a l’echelle s.v.p et me l’envoyé sur mon e-mail merci

 
# November 13, 2008 at 06:52
C.R. says:

Natalie,

Vous trouverez mai dans la ville à Google Maps. Le lien est:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wl

À la vôtre,

C.R.

 
# November 13, 2008 at 08:16
hendrix says:

Est-ce qu’un bon projet est????, mais est-ce qu’il ne correspond pas à la place, en Europe ce serait parfait……….. mais dans Suramerica????????? nous a laissés se souvenir de l’architecture que c’est de place à moins qu’il soit conçu: soutenable, adaptatif et transmissible (il pourrait correspondre ce chemin à toute place mais avec les mêmes caractéristiques, c’est-à-dire places semblables) ils se le sont soucié d’Europe et il/elle avait un atterrissage parfait…….

 
# January 3, 2009 at 13:29

Felicitaciónes! Muy buen trabajo!

 
# January 23, 2009 at 17:56
Emerson Gámez B. says:

excelente. qué buen lugar para vivir. esa ventana que tiene la vista sobre la ciudad… creo que es la mejor vista que he visto.

 
# September 21, 2009 at 00:52
Peter says:

The best house on this site!!
The most beautifull, simply, evrything…

 
# September 24, 2009 at 11:02

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