Stones from surrounding mountains and bricks from a regional kiln had been utilized to construct this house bordering a desert in Peru, so it appears “like a new layer on the landscape” .
Residence in Azpitia was made by Lima-primarily based architect Rafael Freyre for a couple in their 50s, who wished a summertime residence in which they could entertain pals and household and truly feel closer to nature. It is in a valley close to the village of Azpitia, 90 kilometres south of Lima, amongst a mountainous desert and a green, low-lying spot of vineyards.
“You could say the owners were hunting for a publish-urban knowledge,” Freyre told Dezeen. “The location is known for its vineyards and pre-Columbian ruins, and has turn into a type of organic oasis for folks escaping the big metropolis of Lima.”
Freyre chose nearby and organic resources to make the house truly feel more linked to its setting, such as bricks from a close by kiln for the cladding, and stone from the surrounding mountains for the garden’s retaining walls.
“The home is designed like a new layer on the landscape,” mentioned Freyre. “The irregular texture and colours of the bricks relate to the dry surroundings, and the stones develop an implicit connection among the home and the mountains.”
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A brise soleil cantilevers 5 metres from the back wall to produce an expansive shaded terrace, which Freyre conceived as a transitional space amongst the home’s interior and exterior.
“I see roofs and walls as tactile factors, like clothes for the body,” he said. “The intention with the shaded terrace was to generate an experience where you gradually get rid of these clothing, and immerse oneself in nature.”
Rustic materials and sun-shades are typical in desert architecture. Other homes featured on Dezeen that use these incorporate a Utah home covered in pre-rusted steel to match the colors of its landscape, and an Australian property with a huge overhanging roof to supply shade in summer and trap heat in winter.
Home in Azpitia has an inner floor area of 240 square metres, and is organized across 3 ranges. The basement homes a sauna, the ground floor has a kitchen, dining region and a double-height living area, plus a bedroom and en-suite bathroom, and the 1st floor has two far more bedrooms with ensuites, plus a secondary living room by the stair landing for watching Television.
The primary residing space is 6.8 metres tall and features massive windows at the best that wrap around the corners. These are aligned with the path of the sun to deliver in morning light from the east and afternoon light from the west.
“The interior is developed as a space in which the owners can encounter the landscape – to bring near what is far,” mentioned Freyre. “The notion was to produce a property with a porous skin, featuring openings that bring in the warmth, light, and breezes.”
Reclaimed timber was utilized for the kitchen cabinets and shelves, and pumaquiro – a hardwood that grows in the region – was employed for the window frames and brise soleil, picked for its sturdiness.
Porcelain was selected for the flooring and extends out to the terrace to give a smooth transition in between the rocky garden landscaping and the home’s interior.
The home’s construction was created with concrete and bricks, and took one particular and a half years to comprehensive.
Photography is by Edi Hirose.
Task credits:
Architect: Rafael Freyre
General assistant: Juan Jose Barboza
Landscaping: Manuel Mendieta
Style team: Luis Bacon, Luis Alberto Mucha, Leonardo Valderrama, Sandro Ocaña, Luis Ocaña
Basement floor program 
First floor program 
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