Casa Chico II

The conception of this project began with a question: whether or not we would be able to create a building using a model-making process to develop the design. One of our most important determining factors for the project was the son of our client, who is visually impaired. The challenge of the project was then to generate a sensorial experience rooted in sounds and smells within a design that allowed for easy orientation, modulated totality in 90 cm and whose spaces were in direct contact with the outdoors. The volume of the building responds to the movements of the sun and wind in order to create a state of comfort without the use of mechanical systems. The main volume of the building contains the studio, the dining room/reflection pool, television room and bedrooms. The intersecting volume holds the living room, the dining room, and the kitchen. Geometry, structure, and construction were viewed as a single concept during the creation of this project. The decision to use a structural system consisting of reinforced concrete slabs, which lend themselves to modular repetition, allowed for quick construction and lower costs.