Context: In a typical block in the Saavedra neighbourhood, M3646 is located on a lot of 8.66 x 27 m. The project embraces the pre-existing conditions of the block combining the courtyards and proposes these as an articulating space as a starting point. The project leans on a restructuring of the block and the neighbourhood, based on crossing volumes and setbacks, which in this proposal allow greater constructive capacity and more effective densification.
© Federico Kulekdjian
Configuration: The built mass is interrupted giving rise to the circulatory system as an articulator of the intermediate spaces, in search of situations and encounters, challenging new spatial possibilities. This articulating space is sifted by a metallic skin that allows the growth of vegetation on both sides.
© Federico Kulekdjian
The facade towards the front serves as a filter with the same materiality, allowing the expansion of the units and the possibility to assume multiple uses, adding a gradient to the exterior / interior relationship.
© Federico Kulekdjian
Layout: The units are organised in relation to their use on the ground floor, with the habitable unit of three rooms facing the front of the lot with cross ventilation and the multipurpose units facing the back. The latter have the possibility of becoming both professional studios and divisible housing units with two rooms.
© Federico Kulekdjian
The duplex unit on the upper floor also has a degree of completeness that allows a programmatic variability determined by the inhabitant. This unit is projected as an individual house in the heights. All the front units have their own expansions and barbeques towards the interior courtyards, responding to the expectations of the users.
Project Info
Architects: Arqtipo, Natalia Rapisarda
Area: 730 m²
Year: 2020
Country: EYZ, Argentina
Photographs: Federico Kulekdjian
Manufacturers: Aserradero Vagol, Construser Alvear, Ing Casas S.A, Pana Iluminación, SBG, Sanitarios San Martín, Triangular
Lead Architect: Diego Aceto, Darío Litvinoff, Natalia Rapisarda
Building Manager: Natalia Rapisarda
Project Manager: Lucas Gorroño
Collaborators: Germán Cappiello, Martín Giani, Catarina Staric, Leonardo Pulzoni
Structural Advisors: Pablo Lulkin
Isabelle Laurent is a Built Projects Editor at Arch2O, recognized for her editorial insight and passion for contemporary architecture. She holds a Master’s in Architectural Theory from École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville. Before joining Arch2O in 2016, she worked in a Paris-based architectural office and taught as a faculty adjunct at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris. Isabelle focuses on curating projects around sustainability, adaptive reuse, and urban resilience. With a background in design and communication, she brings clarity to complex ideas and plays a key role in shaping Arch2O’s editorial