Belgrado House / Ignacio Szulman arquitecto

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In the House on Belgrano Street, located in the Parque Chas neighborhood, we invented a ruin of broken bricks that is grafted as a piece onto the pre-existing construction. And in an inverse process, we made the pre-existence newer, we repaired it and painted it white to give it a second life. The new is broken to make it older, and the old is renewed, creating a game of tensions and ambiguities.Adentro se repite el mismo criterio, pero con una mezcla de ladrillos comunes rústicos y ladrillos vistos. Este sutil contraste se aprovecha para componer distintas capas de ladrillos, como si fuesen las capas de estratos arqueológicos, que contribuyen a acentuar el aspecto de ruina.The upper volume contains the sleeping area, and staircase, and completes the configuration of the living space. On the outside, this volume is clad in a series of broken bricks and others that are left whole in the openings and on the edges where it is necessary to rectify. Inside, the same criterion is repeated, but with a mixture of common rustic bricks and exposed bricks. This subtle contrast is used to compose different layers of bricks as if they were layers of archaeological strata, which contribute to accentuating the appearance of a ruin.On the ground floor, the rear is demolished to generate a garden, and the front and side of the pre-existing construction are preserved. The living and kitchen spaces are closed with large folding carpentry, achieving spaces that have something of both interior and exterior.Text description provided by the architects.Giovanni Batista Piranesi was an Italian printmaker during the 18th century. His interest in the ruins of the Roman Empire led him to create an extensive catalog of reproductions. His fascination with these ruins in many cases led him to invent them, creating an imaginary world of ancient destroyed buildings. His legacy was a contribution to the formation of neoclassicism.