Casa Aguas Buenas

Casa Aguas Buenas 

Ignacio Szulman arquitecto

Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito

DOCUMENTATION
Sol Basile , Hernán Robredo, Santiago Vigano

MANUFACTURERS
Matyser, Mosaicos Rossi

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Ignacio Szulman, Valentín Pedroza

WORK SUPERVISION
Pedro Correa

PHOTOGRAPHS
Francisco Nocito

AREA
180 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Buenos Aires, Argentina

CATEGORY
Houses

Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito

The house to intervene, the pre-existence built, is a “chorizo” house, one of the most abundant patrimonies in the city of Buenos Aires.

In this house, as usually happens in “chorizo” houses, a sequence of rooms are aligned and ventilated along a side patio.

Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito
Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito

The intervention consisted of creating two new courtyards in the built mass, two perforations that do not alter the sequence of rooms, but that provide air, light and different scales and nuances to the outdoor spaces.

The original side courtyard of greater dimension and where more sun enters is maintained and these two, of different sizes, are added.

Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito
Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito

One that looks like a double-height room to which the roof was removed and another smaller one with a glass enclosure that contains the staircase that leads to the first floor.

To differentiate them from the rest and accentuate their exterior character, these rooms/patio are given a different materiality, leaving the brick walls in sight.

Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito
Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito

This exposed brick is configuring a series of layers as if it were the cut of an archaeological excavation. 

These new layers at times overlap with those of the old brick of the pre-built existence. The new and the old come closer, forming a new unity

Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito


Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito
Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito


Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito
Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito
Casa Aguas Buenas
© Francisco Nocito


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