H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio

H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Exterior PhotographyH-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Interior Photography, ChairH-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Interior Photography, KitchenH-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Interior Photography, BedroomH-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - More Images+ 30

Gonnet, Argentina
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  36
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Luis Barandiarán
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Blindex, Loma Negra, Miksa, Trimble Navigation
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H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Exterior Photography
© Luis Barandiarán

Text description provided by the architects. Within a family property, we needed to build a minimum dwelling for one of the family members.

H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Interior Photography
© Luis Barandiarán
H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Interior Photography, Kitchen
© Luis Barandiarán

On a plot of limited dimensions, a "container" is located with the challenge of being able to transform it into a space that fulfills all the functions required by inhabiting through a series of operations.

H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Wood
© Luis Barandiarán
H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Interior Photography, Kitchen
© Luis Barandiarán

The dimensions were determined by the study of the existing artifact, and directly influenced the design, its geometry, horizontal and longitudinal development, creating the pattern of another intervention which was attached to the "container" on both sides by two prisms. One, in the most unfavorable orientation, fulfills the services function, and the other serves as a link between the outer space, giving a sense of continuity to the social part of the cabin.

H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Interior Photography, Chair
© Luis Barandiarán

The other areas (living and sleeping) are specified through the service nucleus that articulates the uses of the house.

H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Exterior Photography
© Luis Barandiarán
H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Exterior Photography
© Luis Barandiarán

Regarding its materiality, the interior space is a warm box defined through a eucalyptus plating on all its sides. Inside it, the white service volume.

H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Exterior Photography
© Luis Barandiarán
H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Exterior Photography
© Luis Barandiarán

The salient axis of the trapezoidal sheet indicates the module for the development of the house as a construction system.

H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Interior Photography
© Luis Barandiarán
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Structure 01
H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Exterior Photography
© Luis Barandiarán

The transformation of a given object conceived not to inhabit was a challenge. 
In that space, we had to hold the life of a person according to their way, trying to achieve spatial continuity throughout its journey and ensuring the interior-exterior relationship as a design strategy.

H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio - Exterior Photography
© Luis Barandiarán

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Cite: "H-Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio" [H - Container / Parada Cantilo Estudio] 20 Dec 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/973869/h-container-parada-cantilo-estudio> ISSN 0719-8884

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