Casa 40 sits on a site on the outskirts of Bogotá in the neighbouring city of La Calera. Anchored in a gated countryside development with a low number of single family residences, this particular plot of land offers unique scenic elements that help place, shape and constrain the Architecture.

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Architects: Sergio Reyes Rodríguez

Location: La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Area: 500.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Santiago Pinyol

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Casa 40 sits on a site on the outskirts of Bogotá in the neighbouring city of La Calera. Anchored in a gated countryside development with a low number of single family residences, this particular plot of land offers unique scenic elements that help place, shape and constrain the Architecture.
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Floor Plan

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The client requires a single level home that can potentially have as many visual connections to the surrounding landscape as possible, but keeping a high level of privacy from future neighbours. This demands a strategic placement of the house that allows permeability and privacy to coexist. 

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In order to achieve this, the project assembles three elongated modules that seclude the residence from the adjacent lots on the north and sout...