Brick screens and patterned metal shutters wrap the outside of this block of row houses in Buenos Aires that was developed by local architects Estudio Mola.
The Complejo 8 ("Complex 8") project is located in Castelar, a city in Argentina that is part of the broader Buenos Aires metropolitan area. As the name suggests, it offers eight single-family residences on the same lot.
Brick screens provide privacy
Estudio Mola, which is also based in Castelar, divided the longitudinal block into eight row houses, creating exposures on the front and back of each residence.
The 1,400-square-metres building is elevated above the street, which creates a parking space underneath each house.
Estudio Mola added patterned metal shutters to the facades "The ground floor serves as a main pedestrian and vehicular entrance to all the units," said Estudio Mola.
"There is a pedestrian circulation next to a long concrete wall that guides us to each of the brick boxes, which serve as a private access to each living unit," it added.
An open-concept living space opens onto the backyard
On the intermediate floor, the architects designed an open-concept kitchen, living, and dining room that opens out to the backyard.
Because of a grade change on site, they were able to include this outdoor space on the upper level, which is higher than the surrounding streets.

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