Helix House
A house with 360º views of the different landscapes, limiting them, embracing them, within the “wings or blades” of the house.
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The clients, a young business couple with 3 children, with an intense social and family life. They came to our Studio with the plan of an important plot of land of 8,500 m² (91,500 Ft²) located in a traditional Country Club on the outskirts of Greater Buenos Aires.
Requirements:
The great social and family life undoubtedly motivated them to want to accommodate everyone in a comfortable way and with a great experiential spirit. Reason why it was decided to build an important residence with a more than considerable size, with an avant-garde design and an unmistakable family imprint.
Implanting the residence on a wonderful plot of land, surrounded by trees and lots of vegetation, which act as a filter for the views of the horizon in a very rural and natural way.
Every day they sought to experience very comfortable situations. Being able to take advantage of the different environments related to relaxation, play and enjoyment of family life, and its relationship with the surrounding environment that surrounds them.
Design and Architecture:
The inspiration for this project lies in creating 4 outdoor areas limited by the architecture. Creating several situations towards each of the cardinal points. Seeking that the beautiful surrounding landscape can be fully appreciated through a generation of outdoor spaces.
In this way we generate a house with 360º views of the different landscapes, limiting them, embracing them, within the “wings or blades” of the house.
With its more than 180° views it becomes a “True viewpoint”
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Very similar to the propeller of an airplane, and almost in the shape of an oblong X. We look for a central axis from where these blades would have their point of rotation. Giving birth to this great “propeller”.
This center, equipped with a vertical and also a horizontal axis, would be framed by an important central staircase of helical shape ending at the top with a fully glazed opening in the form of a large glazed dome.
The sensation of rotation of this propeller achieves between blade and blade to enclose an exterior space with a different landscape towards each orientation. Towards the front the access; To the rear, an imposing lagoon-shaped pool; On the right side, the grill and the garden coexist with the events room and the barbecue; On the left side, a Zen patio with its own lagoon that merges with the gym, the Spa and the Collection Car Space.
The great challenge was not only to achieve a horizontal X-shaped house to create different outdoor spaces. But it was also the creation of 2 important open-air glazed interior spaces, where the environments live a double relationship with nature. Towards the exterior spaces and inwards with these spaces full of vegetation.
For the aesthetics of the house, large planes were used that denote extreme horizontality and that fly practically without support, defying gravity. And thanks to the pointed corners, straight lines were generated that permanently intersect, giving an aggressive and at the same time aerodynamic character to that “Big Propeller”.
The house was made entirely for pleasure and enjoyment. The entire ground floor responds to the feeling of living in a house totally linked to nature, with all the senses and emotions, and that is open to sharing with friends and family.