Cariló, Partido de Pinamar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
CMMY is situated near the western edge of Pinamar city on a street that ends in a Cul de Sac, away from the sea and downtown. The house was built on an irregular shaped lot that presented a steep slope on the front and back, bordering a forest that will be plotted sometime in the future. The commission constrained the design as the clients wanted a modern and warm house with a gable roof –a demand that was at first interpreted as a large shed.
From the outside, CMMY stands as a rigid single volume with recesses and folds. On the inside, however, the typology is completely decomposed to generate spaces which articulate through the air; it is precisely this vacuum (the air) the one in charge of linking the living spaces. The air in CMMY House envelops it at the time that it is the essence and the principle of its uniqueness.
The imperceptible slope of the natural terrain passes free under the feet. The residence stands on a platform that contacts the natural ground by means of cylindrical concrete pylons and creates the first structural link between the terrain and the built work. The difference between the interior elevation of the house and the street level, together with the distance and vegetation, act as a privacy filter. The triple central height is the nexus to which the main rooms converge as in a community or vertical courtyard. The stairs are not simple connectors. Instead, their development and form seem to furrow the air as they connect the first floor with a balcony viewpoint that gives scale to the access and climb to the top level (attic). Here, a work and meeting space is located: a future studio upholstered with books and vinyls. In this sense, the staircase mediates between domestic life and work. To empty the center of the house it was necessary to organize the program on the perimeter, bearing in mind the slope. The connection to the central space was established by direct passage, door or slit depending on the need.
