Located in a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, this hotel aims to accommodate passengers coming from the airport and nearby activities. The plot, surrounded by brick walls and dense vegetation, holds an old villa. Diverse ideas emerged from the symbolic meaning of the existing house and the repetition of material, formal and chromatic characteristics of the adjacent architecture.

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Architects: Además arquitectura

Location: Nicolás Avellaneda 240, 1842 Monte Grande, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Architects In Charge: Leandro A. Gallo, Sebastián Garayo

Area: 216.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Gonzalo Viramonte
Structure: Martín Invernizzi

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Text description provided by the architects. Located in a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, this hotel aims to accommodate passengers coming from the airport and nearby activities. The plot, surrounded by brick walls and dense vegetation, holds an old villa. Diverse ideas emerged from the symbolic meaning of the existing house and the repetition of material, formal and chromatic characteristics of the adjacent architecture.

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Ground Floor Plan

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The hotel was built towards one of the sides of the plot, redefining a new “plaza”, a new void which acts not only as t...