Architects:forma Architecture

Area :135 m²

Year :2017

Lead Architect :Santiago Mussi Tiscornia, Ignacio Mussi Tiscornia, Andrew Pringle Sattui, José A. Orol

Collaborator : Daniel Mussi Tiscornia

City : San Carlos de Bariloche

Country : Argentina

Located in the neighborhood of Entre Cerros in San Carlos de Bariloche, Andinas Mellizas Patagónicos is a project of two twin houses of 65m2 each. Surrounded by patagonian vegetation, the houses stand between maytenuses, nires and cypresses on the hillside of Cerro Ventana looking towards Lake Gutierrez and the slopes of Cerro Catedra. The two volumes are supported on poles, letting the natural mantle of the soil lay freely below with the intention of generating the least impact on the forest. With identical floor plans, what differentiates the houses, is that the ambients alternate and adapt, each one, to the different slopes of the site. A sensible understanding of the context was sought. Both regarding the section and the floor plan, the form opens towards the landscape. The front facade tilts outward, thus generating the access eave and extra interior space outside the floor plan itself.