House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos

House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos - Exterior Photography
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La Calera, Colombia
  • Architects: Plan:b arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  257
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Alejandro Arango
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Decoblock
  • Project Direction: Verónica Mesa
  • Design Team: Sebastián González, Laura Kate Correa, Cristian Camacho, Leyre Vicente, Natasha Álvarez
  • Structural Design: Orange Ingeniería Estructural
  • Construction: Métrica Constructores
  • City: La Calera
  • Country: Colombia
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House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos - Exterior Photography
© Alejandro Arango

Text description provided by the architects. This project's challenge consisted of designing a compact house adapted to the irregular geometry of the lot, its changing levels, and regulation with a strict limit of the built area on the first floor. We leave the only small flat space of the lot for the parking. In this way, we cut the sloping area of the land (45% slope), generating a terrace to locate a longitudinal volume, taking advantage of the best views of the natural landscape.

House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos - Exterior Photography
© Alejandro Arango
House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos - Exterior Photography
© Alejandro Arango
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Plan - First floor
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Section - AA
House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Alejandro Arango

We defined a section with three levels: the first, in contact with the land, houses the social areas, services, and two small offices with independent access; the second, connected to the access terrace using a bridge, have the hall and the rooms; and the third, more private, houses a study and a terrace open to the landscape. The house section has two sloping roofs in the longitudinal direction of the house, allowing greater height in the main room and space for technical areas. To avoid retaining walls and humidity, we arranged the volume of the house in an exempt manner on the ground.

House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos - Interior Photography, Stairs
© Alejandro Arango
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Plan - Second floor
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Section - FF
House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos - Interior Photography
© Alejandro Arango

Its compact volume and black concrete block walls gain temperature slowly during the day and lose it little by little during the night, consistently responding to the area's tropical, cold and rainy climate. We carefully study the position and geometry of each balcony, window, or terrace, connecting the house with the surrounding rural context.

House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos - Interior Photography, Living Room
© Alejandro Arango

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Cite: "House in La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos" [Casa en La Calera / Plan:b arquitectos] 09 Feb 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/976451/house-in-la-calera-plan-b-arquitectos> ISSN 0719-8884

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