Located in a wooded and mountainous topography and broken, the house integrates nature Corallo being true to the purpose of respecting the forest and introduce the architecture of the house. The design was developed looking sort the spaces around the trees in order to not overturned. The ground is mostly free and the home is ordered on slopes. Both longitudinal facades are mostly glass and achieve permeability looking outward, trying to integrate the most interior architecture with the goodness of the surrounding nature. Exposed concrete was used enconfrado with rustic wood construction as the main element, generating textures whose language dialogue with the local forest.
Year Built: 2010-2011
Place of Performance: Department of Guatemala
Design Author: Peace Architecture - Alejandro Paz
Partners in the project:
Axel Mendoza, Gabriel Rodriguez, Alex Titus, Mario Roberto Paz
Claudia Pezzarossi, Wolfgang Shoenbeck,
Landscape design: Pokorny and Valencia - Landscape Architecture
Structural Advisory: Structural Consultants
Construction: CONARQ, Peace Building
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