Argentinian firm PSV Arquitectura developed this grand concrete slab house in Córdoba in longitudinal strips so that all of its spaces would face north.
Casa SAB, which backs onto the Cañuelas Country Golf club in Argentina, is entirely shielded from the strong western sun, while each of its rooms enjoys good light from its northern aspect.
Layered concrete walls feature in Casa SAB
To manage this, PSV Arquitectura designed the house around two main exterior quadrants: an entrance courtyard and a central courtyard.
The studio composed the house from overlapping layers, with concrete slabs running longitudinally from east to west and stone-clad walls from north to south.
Concrete is paired with stone and timber
"The design is developed in a series of layers that, as they overlap, give rise to the unique shape of the project," PSV architect Gonzalo Viramonte told Dezeen. Rooms are arranged along two longitudinal strips, linked at their midpoint by the entrance and at one end by a gallery. The spaces are broadly divided into a social block and a private block.
The private block houses three bedrooms and an office, while the social block has open-plan living room and dining room spaces as well as a kitchen. A garage sits at one end of the house.
The floorplan is based on two longitudinal strips
"We started from a grid and we decided to group and sector the house according to its uses," Viramonte continued.
"For this reason it was thought from two conc...