Los Hongos House 1983

Los Hongos House

Rolando Barahona y Asociados. as Architects

Casa Los Hongos se ubica en una hacienda con clima tropical húmedo de baja precipitación en Pijije, Guanacaste. Costa Rica. El sitio localizado a la vera del río Pijije fue seleccionado con dos varillas de bronce y un péndulo aplicando factores energéticos de geobiología -la ciencia del habitat-. El arquitecto detecta dos puntos de energía concetrada y decide crear dos sólidas estructuras de hormigón generadoras de sombra y conductoras de viento que parecieran nacer de la piedra y el agua inspiradas en la morfología de unos hongos. Los espacios de intercambio, reunión y circulaciones se disponen suspendidos, flotantes bajo la sombra de estos hongos, teniendo así contacto visual con el entorno en todas las direcciones. El agua se convierte en el elemento dinamizador del conjunto, conductor de energía y refrigerante natural. Los límites de adentro y afuera se diluyen, un principio clave del habitar en el espacio tropical.


Los Hongos House is located in a humid tropical climate with low precipitation in Pijije, Guanacaste. Costa Rica. The project is located on the edge of the river Pijije and was selected with two brass rods and a pendulum using energy factors of Geobiology, the science of habitat. The architect identifies two energy points concentrated and decides to create two -wind and shadow generating- solid concrete structures that seemed born of water and stone, inspired by the morphology of some mushrooms . Spaces of exchange, meeting and circulations are suspended, floating in the shadow of these mushroms, thus having visual contact with the environment in all directions. The water becomes the dynamic element of the set, conductor of energy and natural cooling. The boundaries of inside and outside are diluted, a key principle of tropical living in space.

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