Patios House

THE IDEA

The house was thought as an element buried in the ground, discrete, and that do not
represent an obstacle in the land. Solid stone walls are responsible for holding the
inclined roof, which starts at the soil and raises containing vegetation as a continuation
of the land. The stone walls in the form of “C”, displaced because of functional reasons,
contains the private and functional areas. A stripe of services (bathrooms, storage
warehouses, machinery rooms) in the lower area of the space works as an insulating
chamber for the rooms and auxiliary spaces such as TV room and game room.
The social area articulates the two parts of the house through a transparent space,
which physically and visually connects the two exterior courtyards. This central space is
the meeting area of all spaces. A high, clear, and flexible space, only limited by two
independent wood walls in each extreme, and that separate it from the surrounding
spaces (kitchen and TV room). This area of the house, defined as a social area, is
where is located the main heat source, a hearth.