Ecuestre House is located in Costa Esmeralda, 13 km north of the city of Pinamar and 4 hours away from the city of Buenos Aires. Its name makes reference to the stable and the two polo courses it is near to and, this area’s simple architecture has—maybe unconsciously—guided the concept of its design.

Cortesía de Luciano Kruk

Architects: Luciano Kruk

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Project And Direction : Luciano Kruk

Project Coordination: Belén Ferrand

Construction Coordination: Leandro Rossi, Dan Saragusti

Collaborators: Belén Ferrand, Andrés Conde Blanco, Denise Andreoli

Site Area: 1006 m2

Area: 138.0 m2
Project Year: 2017

Cortesía de Luciano Kruk

Text description provided by the architects. Ecuestre House is located in Costa Esmeralda, 13 km north of the city of Pinamar and 4 hours away from the city of Buenos Aires. Its name makes reference to the stable and the two polo courses it is near to and, this area’s simple architecture has—maybe unconsciously—guided the concept of its design.

Cortesía de Luciano Kruk

The trapezoid-shaped terrain softly slopes upwards toward its middle, where the house stands on a thin podium. No interventions were made to its natural topography and, aiming at a continued connection with the forest it shares on the back with neighboring lots, most of the preexisting pine trees ...