For this house we proposed a system of parallel concrete walls which define four volumes connected transversally sheltering differentiated areas of the programme and configuring an open arrival patio.

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Architects: Plan:b arquitectos

Location: Rionegro, Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia

Area: 500.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Alejandro Arango

Project Manager: Felipe Mesa + Federico Mesa

Work Team: Laura Kate Correa, Carlos Blanco, Daniel Tobón, Sara Restrepo

Construction: Verónica Vásquez

Sqm Price: $2,800.000 (Colombian peso)

Ecosystem: Bosque montano / Montane forest
Elevation (Above Sea Level): 2080 m

Temperature: 12-26ºC

Direction Of Wind: Este ? Oeste / East ? West

Client: Santiago Vélez + Marcela Restrepo

© Alejandro Arango

From the architect. For this house we proposed a system of parallel concrete walls which define four volumes connected transversally sheltering differentiated areas of the programme and configuring an open arrival patio.

© Alejandro Arango

In section these parallel planes gain height towards an exterior native forest to open the biggest amount of spaces of the first and second level towards it. The everyday life of the house ...