Villa Allende House, Argentinan Real Estate, South American Home, Architecture Photography
Villa Allende House in Cordoba
30 Mar 2020
Villa Allende House
Architects: Santiago Viale Arquitecto
Location: Villa Allende, Córdoba, Argentina, South America

The Villa Allende House is located in Villa Allende, in a wide terrain and mostly flat, which front is oriented towards east and with presence of medium size trees in its perimeter whereas exempt in the centre.

The project was conceived by thinking in the space that the users were to inhabit, for which three elements where chosen to begin, each one having more or less relevance according to the project needs. These were: Matter, Light and Place. ??I supplicated (to architecture) to get rid of its marble dress, to clean its makeup from its face, and to show herself as she is?? Konstantin Melnikov.
Taking the word of this Russian master, it was decided to use four determinant materials: concrete and steel on the outside, wood and cast on the inside. The four of them are presented in their natural form, keeping each one its proper colour and texture. The first two, primarily exterior, without any ?makeup ?more than the shape that the wooden formwork gives to concrete or the transformations that rust produces to steel. Inside, wood gives warmth to the inner space and white cast contrasts with the roughness of concrete.

We are received outside by a succession of concrete plates, which shade the entrance of light by throwing...