Argentinian studio Besonias Almeida has added a garden pavilion to a house in Buenos Aires, using board-marked concrete so that the two buildings match (+ slideshow).

The pavilion is situated in the grounds of a house called Casa Torcuato, which architects María Victoria Besonias and Guillermo de Almeida designed while at their previous firm BAK Arquitectos.

Casa Torcuato is a two-storey house arranged around a courtyard containing a shallow reflecting pool. The house is situated within the Olivos Golf Club in a suburb of the Argentinian capital.

Besonias Almeida was tasked with developing a small outbuilding that echoes the style of the existing house, while also providing its owners with a private space surrounded by landscape.
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The 45-square-metre structure contains a compact lounge and adjoining bathroom, plus a storage space extending from the rear.

The pavilion is formed from a series of concrete planes that wrap over and around the living room, sheltering it from view and creating an intimate space with carefully framed views of the garden.

"Starting from successive folds of the concrete enclosure, we managed to give this small building sufficient visual and audio privacy in relation to its surroundings, and thus fulfil the request for a space to facilitate the realisation of quiet activities and introspection," explained María Victoria Besoni...