Øslo House

The result of a thousand memories all over the world is Casa Oslo: a weekend treasure located in the San Matías neighbourhood, Escobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Its black sheet metal envelope is the main character of an industrial search, in honour of landscapes treasured by the users.

From this particular roof, two buildings can be distinguished, forming a "V". This morphological decision arises from a unique adaptation to the limits of the terrain, which expands towards the back.

The main challenge in Casa Oslo was not only to respect the autochthonous vegetation but also to play with it, providing the house with multiple green spaces that locate important sectors, such as the access and the social area.

The house is resolved in two bars that open radially towards the landscape, articulated by means of the hall, which separates the public space from the private space.

The living-dining-kitchen area is hierarchised through a large gabled roof, which gives warmth, flexibility and continuity to the space.

Towards the back of the lot there is a grill gallery sector, which behaves like an island between the two main halls.

The constitution of the house is based on low-maintenance materials: concrete structure, aluminium opening, porcelain tile floors, sheet metal cladding, metal roofing, metal structure and wood cladding treated with the Shou sugi ban process. There is a contrast between the dark exterior cladding and the interior of the house where light colours and wooden details predominate.

The main objective for Casa Oslo was to create a home in which to take refuge, surrounded by nature, where the boundaries with nature are blurred and generate a special and unique atmosphere for the users.