Casa CMMY丨阿根廷丨Estudio Galera

Architects:Estudio Galera

Area:275m²

Year:2022

Photographs:Diego Medina

Manufacturers:ACINDAR,Aluar,Ternium

Lead Architects:Ariel Galera, Cesar Amarante, Francisco Villamil, Luisina Noya.

Aluminum Millwork:Alumia

Concrete Supplier:Pasalto

Iron:Plastigas

Wood Supplier:de las Misiones

Sanitary Material:Mastergas

Paint:Sagitario

Heating:CARILO Ingeniería

Contractor:Bauer Hermanos

Marble:LAVIGE

Program / Use / Building Function:Single House

City:Pinamar

Country:Argentina

Text description provided by the architects. Part of the air.From the outside, CMMY stands as a rigid single volume with recesses and folds. On the inside, however, the typology is completely decomposed to generate spaces which articulate through the air; it is precisely this vacuum (the air) the one in charge of linking the living spaces. The air in CMMY House envelops it at the time that it is the essence and the principle of its uniqueness.

The stairs are not simple connectors. Instead, their development and form seem to furrow the air as they connect the first floor with a balcony viewpoint that gives scale to the access and climb to the top level (attic). Here, a work and meeting space is located: a future studio upholstered with books and vinyls. In this sense, the staircase mediates between domestic life and work. To empty the center of the house it was necessary to organize the program on the perimeter, bearing in mind the slope. The connection to the central space was established by direct passage, door or slit depending on the need.

CMMY stands as a hybrid between two languages: the outside reflects what most people would imagine as a gabled house in the woods, while its flexible and versatile interior responds to contemporary forms of living.

A winter garden positioned to the west conserves heat to distribute it in the house in winter and contains it as a shield in summer. It, thus, turns into a thermal regulation device that enhances energy efficiency in a compact house with an envelope composed of several insulating layers.

The project was organized around common premises such as ensuring low maintenance. Wood folds and is protected under large eaves of a roof that becomes a parapet. The result is a single volume, a large constructed apparatus made up of small pieces that are part of a combined system that make up a whole.

CMMY stands as a cold, geometrically rigorous container that offers shelter from inclement weather while allowing the development of a fluid, warm and flexible spatiality inside.

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