Argentinian architects Nanzer + Vitas modelled this home in the mountains of Córdoba province on a medieval village, clustering together distinct stone volumes with varying heights and roof profiles.
Casa DP is located in Capilla del Monte, a mountainous area roughly 100 kilometres north-east of Córdoba city.
Casa DP is located in Capilla del Monte, a town in a mountainous region of Argentina's Córdoba province
Completed in 2020, the 290-square-metre house was conceived as "a concrete and stone promontory emerging from the hill," according to Nanzer + Vitas.
The architects wanted the home to sit comfortably on its site, which is surrounded by greenery and enjoys views of the mountainous terrain.
The entrance to the home is under a protruding concrete box "We were interested in the physical expression of the unfinished, the ways in which the work is gradually taken over by the landscape," the team said.
Their analogy for the house is a ruined medieval village, with volumes of different sizes and heights clustered together and partially hidden among the trees.
The architects worked with local craftspeople to build the walls using stone and concrete
"Such condition is the final form with which architecture enters in communion with nature and returns to it," said the studio.
Five square modules, each measuring five metres in length, form the main volumes of the home. Some of the interstitial spaces between them are enclosed, while others are use...