A Forest Hideaway Proves Concrete And Cozy Can Go Together
24/05/2013
The AV house makes an excellent case for concrete at the domestic scale. A common, if facile, critique of Brutalism is that (...)
The AV
house makes an excellent case for
at the
scale. A common, if facile, critique of Brutalism is
that it is widely unsuited to
application. A home, after all, is not a city hall (Brutalism was most extensively rendered in the service of civic structures), and it need not embody the lofty ideas of an entire populace. Nor do the big, brash, and top-heavy
forms of sprawling government or housing complexes transfer to the single family home all
that well. Surely, few would characterize unfinished, “textured”
surfaces as comfy. But BAK Arquitectos have dismantled this argument time and time again. The now disbanded Buenos Aires-based firm amassed a portfolio of dozens of
homes, many of which are concentrated in Mar Azul, a small coastal town outside the capital and home to fewer than a thousand year-round residents. It’s here, strangely enough,
that BAK staked its reputation as purveyors of sumptuous Brutalist villas.Read Full Story