Excerpt: Casa Coronado by Apaloosa Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseño and Simetría Estudio de Arquitectura is a residence composed of simple cubes connected by vaults as transition spaces. The design focuses on ventilation, lighting, and natural perspectives, by separating elements into parts, each with perceptual and bioclimatic reasons. This resulted in a more streamlined housing and losing the plasticity of conventional houses.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] The assignment was very clear, and the resources were limited. The basic program was perfectly adapted to the site, although the user did not have an advantage from his property or the environment itself.
The power of the location: From the planting of the project, the architects gained ventilation, lighting, and unique natural perspectives. In addition to this, they potentiate the proposal from a separation of elements, as if they opened to a core house in parts and each free area had a perceptual and bioclimatic reason. The character was also influenced by this procedure, losing the plasticity of “conventional” housing to simple cubes joined only by vaults for their transition.
Passive bioclimatic strategies have been essential since construction, with walls made of soil extracted from the same site and compacted in layers of 10 cm and 40 cm thick. At the same time and in other modules, brick walls in fabric 21 (or 21 cm thick) were erected, as well as brick vault covers with insulating fill for levelling and compression.
By having a larger free surface area than the built area, the landscaping project was implemented at the same time as the housing project, achieving winding paths through endemic jungles to reach the recreation area (pool and terrace).
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