Aluminium screens shield the interiors of Pitsou Kedem's MA House
Pitsou Kedem Architects used patterned aluminium screens to create a ventilated outer skin for this house arranged around a courtyard in Bnei Ziom, Israel.
Called MA House, the structure behind this perforated metal facade has been divided into three wings and sits on a site surrounded by greenery.
Pitsou Kedem Architects borrowed a horse from a next door farm to star in the photoshoot for the project.
Communal living spaces sit to the north and a large master bedroom to the south, with children's bedrooms running in between.
Along with a pergola-covered pool to the west, these structures loosely enclose a sloping central courtyard and are connected by a series of stone-paved paths.
"On the one side, the courtyard descends gradually, so that the central building mass appears to hover in the air above it, creating a sense of lightness and airiness for the building," said Pitsou Kedem Architects. MA House's main structures have been built with exposed concrete, shielded on the outside by the lightweight aluminium screens and facing the courtyard with large areas of glazing. Here, deep concrete reveals help shield small terrace spaces from the sun.
"Thin white aluminium was counterbalanced against massive and timeless exposed concrete to create a tension and contrast between the two materials and intensify each," said the studio.
This layering creates a series of spaces covered by concrete beams, but otherwise open to the elements, with shallow pools of...
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