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• Architects: Lab Arquitetos
• Location: São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
• Project Team: Rodrigo Leopoldi, Marino Barros, Valéria La Terza, Beatriz Paixão
• Area: 470.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2013
• Photographs: Marcelo Kahn

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In sight of a comfortable house for the whole family, the owners decided to renovate an old house from the early 50s. The architects from Lab Arquitetos developed the project in order to integrate the outdoor area to the inside of the house, making it possible the usage of  pergolas, balconies and wide windows.

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Searching for an aesthetical look that refers to the northern Argentina fields and grasslands, rustic materials such as wood were used, contrasting with the contemporary furniture and integrated rooms. The original laundry area gave place to a living area with an open garden and grill area, both with view to the refurbished swiming pool.

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Plan

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The fence and low walls were removed so all rooms could be integrated, giving place to a exuberante landscape.

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The lower plan was expanded, conecting the living room and balcony area through the pergola area. Made of corten steel , the pergola has it´s structure apparent and also sustains the upper floor new balcony. One of the greatests urprises during construction was the chance to leave the existing roof structure apparent, requiring only some repair and maintenance in some points and a new painting finish.

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As a final project at Shenkar College under academic advisor Arch. Yaron Golani, Rotem Guy Workshop has completed Urban Club for Soldiers, a project in Tel Aviv, Israel. 

Based on the duality of order and movement, the project centers on a large multi-purpose building with its programs spread throughout “like a measuring stick.”

The design is generally modeled after historic “Tel Pach” temporary housing, specifically “Nissen huts,” which were cabins built with steel and rounded tin pegs. The project utilizes simple materials, like steel and tin, as well as mineral plaster and wet masonry.

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On the ground floor of the building, an entrance hall leads to an elevated area that hosts a light-filled lobby with a glass ceiling, welcoming station, and computer stations. The space additionally features an all-purpose hall, cafeteria, bathroom, dressing room, and rest cabins.

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Classrooms, management, and additional rest cabins are located on the first floor above the ground level.

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The strict hierarchy of the building is broken by a hovering bridge, which connects the auditorium and resting area, thereby unifying the spaces throughout the building.

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Learn more about the project here.

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For Mauricio Pezo and Sofía Von Ellrichshausen, the architect’s job is about much more than dealing with functional issues, as well as social issues, sustainability, and safety. “Of course architecture from its very essence is solving problems, and the problems constantly change,” says von Ellrichshausen in this interview with The Architectural Review outside their Vara Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale. “But probably the life span of architecture is many times larger than the problem that it addresses initially. Therefore we think of architecture more in terms of this larger span and hopefully it might embody a set of values and not necessarily propose a solution.”

Vara Pavilion / Pezo von Ellrichshausen. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu

The duo’s main ambition is to develop a typology of buildings that promote different spatial experiences – all created on the basis of the human scale. Since 2002, the architectural firm designed 70 projects that vary depending on two spatial dimensions: size and direction. Each member of a “family” shares similarities with previous houses, but also shows a certain degree of mutation. As Pezo explains, “although we never refer to anything other than the building we are projecting at a certain moment, we cannot avoid extending our thoughts from previous projects. We believe in invention but always within our own personal memory.”

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Individual houses are the most common project type in Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s work, as their small scale allows for the slow process of developing and altering building types. The most recent example, Nida House, was recently examined in an article by The Architecture Review, where the house – described as an inverted pyramid – is analyzed in relation to its predecessors.

Read the full review of Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s Nida House at the Architectural Review and watch the video above to find more about the practice’s architectural philosophy and the Vara Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2016.

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• Architects: Equipo Olivares Arquitectos
• Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
• Design Team: Javier Pérez, Alcalde Schwartz, Fernando Aguarta García
• Area: 381.46 sqm
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: José Ramón Oller

• Main Contractor: Aguere Construcciones, S.L.
• Rigger: José Floreal Martínez

• Electrical Technician: Tomás Trujillo

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From the architect. This project addresses an excess of servitude derived from the demanding topography and strict regulations through a straightforward strategy: a compact, clean and tidy body overlooking the Atlantic’s rising face and enjoying a panoramic view of the Anaga Mountains to the west. It is a simple‐volume step section that tries to sit naturally on the terraced slope.

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Plan 1

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Located on top of a hill, in a residential area accessible by car, the house begins in the garage. We value entrance rituals, the importance of the short journeys linking different levels. Passing a stout stamped concrete wall bore through with an expansive expanded metal door, we access the house through a humid, Tropics‐inspired garden. From this place we ascend to the top floor through a welcoming walk. A stretched‐out ramp, the underlying basalt rock, wet verdure and expanding overhead light are some of the elements surrounding us. Above, architecture imparts a luminous reading: white surfaces, woodwork, Carrara marble, and concrete.

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Section

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Rainwater pours over natural stone in the patio, slipping into the interior through a crack in the paving. Sunlight is let in through mulberry latticework. Bench‐railings segregate the lines of vision, opening up the blue horizon. At the end of the journey, the top‐level terrace – protected by an overhang that provides a generous shade forms a balcony above a garden of euphorbias (cardones, tabaibas) and Barbary figs, and becomes an aspect of local landscape. 

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