Casa en Calamuchita / Calamuchita House

En el Valle de Calamuchita (Córdoba - Argentina), entre las sierras se encuentra esta “preciosura” de casa. La casa es un pabellón de vidrio transparente con eje norte sur paralelo al valle como alusión cultural al hecho natural. La caja de vidrio, entre cuatro piedras que alojan los servicios, consta con un espacio fluido en su interior.

Por razones climáticas de fríos invernales y noches frescas, por la altitud del lugar, la caja de vidrio está envuelta en una caja de madera. Esta caja de hojas plegadizas y corredizas permite generar mayores o menores aberturas proveyendo variables dimensiones y sensaciones de intimidad e interioridad. Esta unidad se completa y complementa con una torre de estudio-dormitorio y mirador que alude al eje vertical de la montaña.

Una escalera vidriada provee visiones diversas del bosque posterior. Llegamos a la terraza “mirador”, que permite como en cada nivel, amplias vistas hacia el Valle. Este actúa como jardín y como patio que completa la casa, además, sobre la pendiente del valle se encuentra localizada la pileta.

The Valley of Calamuchita is a calm landscape of fields cultivated between two parallel mountain ranges. The fields lie east to west between the skirts of the great mountain ranges and the skirts of the small mountain ranges. The fields for a tapestry between mountain walls and in the case of my field, between rows of trees. The house is elevated on the hill with a smooth slope that falls towards the Valley.

The house is a transparent glass pavilion with the North - South axis parallel to the valley like a cultural reference to the natural fact. The glass box, between four stones that enclose the services, is a space fluid in its unitary interior sometimes dining sometimes an additional sleeping area. For climatic reasons of cold winters and fresh nights, and the altitude of the place, the glass box this surrounded in a wood box. This box of sliding shutters allows small or large openings providing variable dimensions and sensations of privacy or openness.

This unit completes and complements with a tower of study, bedrooms and viewing platform, that alludes to the vertical axis of the mountain. A glass enclosed stairwell spirals around the outside of the building, allowing all 4 aspects of the surroundings to be taken in as one passes from level to level. At the top you arrive at the terrace viewpoint that allows, like in each level, extended lines of vision towards the Valley. By day the living area, surrounded by the service blocks, mimics the valley, at night the tower recreates the mountain. At night I escape to the safety of the mountain tower, returning at dawn to the living area and valley.

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