Belavista House | Agustín Lozada

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Belavista House | Agustín Lozada

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  • Completion year: 2014
  • Gross Built up Area: 221 sqm
  • Project Location: Cordoba
  • Country: Argentina
  • Photo Credits: Gonzalo Viramonte
  • Others: Execution of work: Orange Civil Works
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Excerpt: Belavista House, designed by Agustín Lozada, is a residence of white and pure body, finely sitting on a flat piece of land surrounded by native vegetation. The primary focus was to take advantage of the attractive views through a large amount of glazed surfaces, saving the home’s privacy. Another concept was to work on a light solid box that levitates a few centimeters off the ground, reflecting its shadow and extinguishing towards the corner, converting full into empty.

Project Description

[Text as submitted by architect] Belavista House rises between the hills of Rio Ceballos, a small town outside heavily populated Córdoba city. A white and pure body is finely sitting on a flat piece of land surrounded by native vegetation.

Belavista House | Agustín Lozada
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Belavista House | Agustín Lozada
© Gonzalo Viramonte

This one-floor, 221-square-meter house adjusts to the needs of a young family whose primary focus was to take advantage of the attractive views through a large amount of glazed surfaces while saving the privacy of a home. The access to the house is through a patio that connects the outside with the inside, along a water fountain and opens to the peaceful valley views. The social area is located close to the entrance hallway. It is the only area where the inside of the house visually relates with the street. The private area has two bedrooms that share a bathroom. They are connected through a balcony, which also links with the outside garden.

Belavista House | Agustín Lozada
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Belavista House | Agustín Lozada
© Gonzalo Viramonte

The idea was to push the private areas away from the street, with easy access to the garden where the everyday activities happen. From the street, the house is hidden in her blind walls. The greatest amount of tension happens towards the corner of the lot, where the architecture creates the access of the house, through a transition area between public and private.

Belavista House | Agustín Lozada
© Gonzalo Viramonte
Belavista House | Agustín Lozada
© Gonzalo Viramonte

Another concept was to work on a light solid box that levitates a few centimeters off the ground, reflecting its shadow and extinguishing towards the corner, converting full into empty. The solid disappears to transform air into water.

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