Project
Casa Pirca
Category
Best Implemented Project of Private Residence
About the project (provided by the applicant)
Bordering the Pinamar District is the Costa District, made up of a series of urban development projects, among which is the “Costa Esmeralda” neighborhood. It is surrounded by forests and coastal dunes, and has as its limits, to the east in its longitudinal extension, the Argentine Sea, National Route No. 11 to the west, added to characteristics that encourage its residential growth on a small and large scale. Casa Pirca is located within the neighborhood on a rectangular lot, with an abrupt difference in level longitudinally dividing it in two, an exponent of its greatest quality.
Faced with this, a wall was thought to define the terrain on two levels and a volume supported on it. The term «Pirca» refers to the walls that act as containment of embankments, which delimit roads and trails, or canchones (enclosed space for cultivation), generally used by Andean peoples. Applying both ideas, in a complex lot like the one mentioned, a wall is proposed that in its total length develops diff
Location
Pinamar, Argentina
Project implementation year
2023
Project website
http://enobraarquitectos.com.ar/casa-pirca/
Extra visual materials
https://www.archdaily.com/1012187/pirca-house-en-obra-arquitectos/65a45753e32fdc57ecdf82c5-pirca-house-en-obra-arquitectos-photo?next_project=no
Applicant
En Obra Arquitectos
The studio carries out public and/or private works and programs on various scales. It has projects carried out throughout the country, as well as internationally.
Author of the project
En Obra Arquitectos: Luis Cisneros, Rosario Hillebrand, Sofia Falcón, Eugenia Sosa Abad
Status of the project
Implemented
