Carolina Vago transforms horse stables into country home in Argentina
Argentinan studio Carolina Vago Arquitectura has added a metal and glass volume on top of old horse stables to create this rural holiday home.
The Stables, or Las Caballerizas, is a remote property nestled into a mountainside in Salta in northwest Argentina. The project was formerly a ranch where the owner grew up.
Carolina Vago Arquitectura was tasked by the client to turn the existing stables into a home for the owner's grandchildren to enjoy.
"Build a ranch where you can spend a weekend with all your children and grandchildren was the client's request," studio founder Carolina Vago said. "To recover this place where he had spent his childhood."
The local studio retained many of the original details, including the central courtyard, outdoor lamps, stable windows and drinking fountains of the horses. It then transformed the existing stone wall structure by building a rectangular, dark-grey volume on top. "Past and present coexist in harmony, together with the landscape and the family of three generations that fill all spaces with laughter and encounters," Vago said.
"The premise was to restore the original stone construction and maintain it, despite the poor condition it was in," she added. "Recycle and re-functionalise, while maintaining its essence and spirit was the goal."
The studio chose metallic cladding to cover the addition because it is durable and easy to maintain. Matching grey metal doors also slide open to c...
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