Casa Sakura is a two-story concrete residence located in Buenos Aires, Brazil, designed in 2020 by Estudio Pka.

Description
With an environment of the Argentine Delta, implanted in a trapezoidal batch, overlooking a lagoon; Its north orientation, towards one of its sides, generated the inclusion of a light patio with abundant vegetation, which we also use as entrance. It works as a bellows and an articulator; as a transition between the street and the access to the house, it is the heart of it and all the circulations turn towards this spacing.
The west-facing facade has a sliding gate that is hidden when it opens with the intention of generating a scenographic sensation towards pedestrian access through a path that changes its forms. The idea is to go through different sensations: first we can appreciate the music room, with different instruments used by the family, which also eventually opens above a multipurpose space, generating flexibility of environments. We continue walking and we find the central patio with abundant vegetation and the entrance door that is hierarchized with a wooden paneling that manages to make it go unnoticed. If we keep moving forward, we can cross below a floating volume, which is the clients’ home office space, which in turn has a balcony to the double height of the living room. This semi-covered frames the landscape and directs us towards the pool where the water mirror merges with the lagoon. From there we can ente...