In early 2015, we received this project for a single-family home located in the gated community “Fincas 2” in Buenos Aires.
Our clients, an elderly couple, already established as clients of the studio, had just purchased a plot in a gated neighborhood in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area to settle their permanent residence. They sought to be closer to their grandchildren while ensuring enough security to be able to leave for periods of over two months without needing to leave caretakers in the house.
The plot—20 meters wide and 48 meters deep—receives morning sunlight on one of its sides (the right). From this point, and taking into account the local urban regulations, we established the main footprint of the house: two offset parallelepipeds, separated by a 3-meter-wide patio that independently resolves the day and night zones.
The larger parallelepiped—designated for the day zone—with dimensions of 20 meters in length and 5.50 meters in width, contains a large open space that encompasses the living room, dining room, and kitchen. At the explicit request of the clients, we designed this expansive area with the fewest partitions possible and provided a significant ceiling height to enhance the spatial richness.
The smaller block, measuring 13 x 5.50 meters, contains the night zone: the master bedroom suite—with walk-in closet and private bathroom—and a study-workshop.

Both elements, linked by an articulating vestibule, are arranged on the plot like synchronized feet. The larger rectangle extends deeply into the plot, while the smaller one is set back (attached to the front), creating an expansive open area—a garden gallery—of significant width (12 meters) that takes advantage of the best orientation and is directly connected to the day zone.
The day zone is divided into four fragments: the entry, the living room, the dining room, and the kitchen. To differentiate these spaces, we created three filters. The first is a double-piece unit: a guest closet and TV cabinet. The second is a filtering piece of furniture that serves as a bookshelf. The third is the kitchen island, which, aligning with the mezzanine projection, transforms the final fragment of the space (the kitchen) into an area with a lower ceiling, thus creating a more contained atmosphere.
A special mention must be made of the glazed interior patio, which greets us upon arrival and introduces nature into the house, bringing natural light and an added sense of freshness to every room.