Casa 81 is a concrete house located in Mar del Plata, Argentina, designed in 2019 by Guillermo Elgart of TAM Arquitectura.

Description
?They were there. It was their home?They gave us permission. Suddenly, you feel the birds, the shadows protecting you, the light dancing, aroma of nature, sound of leaves and wind?
The soft heartwood is the beginning, you will enjoy it, it will guide your way, you will travel upon it, you will enter their leaves and walk on them, climb on them, till you reach the top.?
The site is located in a closed residential villa called ?Las Prunas?, a green lung in the South of Mar del Plata, Argentina. The area presents a heavily wooded land, facing the North to the front and a slight level increase towards the center of the block. The most valuable thing lies in the Eucalyptus forest that resides there. The objective is to not touch any of it, but instead, to be part of it.
We managed to work the maximum perimeter permitted in the site, resulting in a shell who embraces everything, giving us a spatial relation where interior and exterior coexist.
A shell of concrete that starts at ground level and ends on the top of the trees.
A second element appears, a surface on which the shell lies. Sometimes a stairway, sometimes a ramp, that blends and melds the floor level, transforming it into an extensive promenade. With all the features of Claude Parent?s space, where being and walking become the same.
Lastly, to the walkable fold, vo...