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Architects: Gerardo Caballero Maite Fernandez Arquitectos
- Area: 286 m²
- Year: 2009
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Photographs:Gustavo Frittegotto
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Text description provided by the architects. The building is placed in a typical party wall urban lot, in a block with an open expanse of train tracks in front. From the building you can see this magnificent industrial landscape and behind it, the river and its islands.
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At the beginning of its construction the project suffered a program modification, the client decided to change the original plan from one apartment per floor to two units per floor. This modification resulted in an unexpected plan configuration.
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At ground floor all pedestrian and vehicular access is solved in a double height entrance that allows a fluid relationship with the public street.
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The parking is cover by a green roof that improves views form the back apartments offering a small garden of native plants.
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A pallet of monochromatic materials gives visual unity to the whole structure, although with differentiated textures.
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The front façade, facing the river and good orientation affords a formal appearance, affords a deep balcony as expansion of the interiors and solar protection. The back façade, facing the city and the bad orientation, was formalized with a more domestic and casual image that connects it to its neighbors.
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