R House - Panorama Architects

The project consists of a second house at the coast, at a very exposed terrain, visually and acoustically, since it borders a highway. At the other hand it offers a panoramic view of the ocean.

To give a solution to the problematic of display and minimum intimacy, but without isolating the house to its context, we decided to develop a perimeter wall that surrounds the house almost totaly. This wall comes to replace the division to the neighbor, and together with the house walls they form patios that respond to each room. They replace the view to the highway and isolates the user from the noise.

At the center we propose a patio from where you access the house. From this patio you can see the ocean, as from inside the house. Since it’s protected from the wind it offers an alternative terrace from where you can access the ceiling terrace through the concrete stair.

The program is ordered in two defined areas that respond to the center patio.

The chosen material for the 3.80 meters height perimeter walls is the brick since it requires minimal maintenance regarding the coast climate, offers structural possibilities and works as a division that permits the entrance of natural light and to be an acoustic filter. The result generates a division between the private and public, the exterior and interior.