01 · Challenge
What had to be solved
To integrate indoor and outdoor life in a family home: comfort, shade, quality social areas and a pool that organises daily life.
Residential • Rakiura
Rakiura House
A contemporary house with a pool, a timber deck and a direct relationship between the living room and the garden.
Project sheet
Project story
- Year
- 2024
- Area
- To be confirmed
- Location
- Rakiura
- Status
- Completed
A single-family house with a strong outdoor-living component.
02 · Concept
The idea behind the project
Large panes of glass, pool and timber deck organise the experience towards the garden. The house is lived outwards without losing interior warmth.
03 · Construction
How it is built
Special attention to joinery, outdoor paving, the pool area, waterproofing and intensive-use finishes around water.
Key points
What we resolved on this project.
- Pool and deck as the social axis
- Living room open to the garden
- Durable materials for the Paraguayan climate
- A contemporary family home
Materiality
Materials and finishes.
Decisions you see and touch: what holds daily use and time.
- Glass
- Wood (deck)
- Porcelain tile
- Swimming pool
- Metal
- Landscaping
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