Prefabricated House Yvyra By ENNE Arquitectura In POSADAS, ARGENTINA

Summary

The script discusses the 'Prefabricated House Ivoira' by Ene, Architectura in Posadas, Argentina, emphasizing the value addition to the local forest industry through industrialized wooden housing. It reflects on a design that suits the region's contemporary domestic needs, with a focus on the semi-covered area as the main living space. The architecture features a transparent middle with a single room and side galleries, which can transform into a large semi-covered space. The construction uses a mix of panel and post-beam systems, manufactured industrially for quick assembly, minimizing environmental impact. The design aims to synthesize local techniques, uses, and landscape belonging in a contemporary domestic product.

Takeaways

• 🏠 The 'Ivora' is a prefabricated house designed by 'Ene, Architectura' in Posadas, Argentina, focusing on adding value to the local forest industry.
• 🌳 The project aims to utilize local resources to create a design that is suitable for the region's suburban and rural areas, reflecting contemporary domestic uses.
• 🏡 The architectural concept is to allow living under the eaves, with most activities taking place in a semi-covered area, emphasizing a connection with the outdoors.
• 🛠️ The structure uses a mixed system of panels and post beams, with the panels being a product widely developed in the local industry.
• 🔄 The panels are used for the opaque middle of the house, while ladders are used for the transparent middle to allow greater transparency.
• 🚚 Both systems are manufactured industrially and transported to the site, allowing for a predominantly manual assembly process.
• ⏱️ Prefabrication accelerates construction times, with 15 days for manufacturing and 15 days for assembly, reducing environmental impacts.
• 🔍 The dimensions of the parts are conditioned by the commercial sizes of the wood, with panels having a modulation of 2440 by 3050 millimeters and post beams not exceeding 3050 millimeters in length.
• 🔗 Panel joints are made by interlocking and covering with joint covers, while the post beams are linked using interlocking or industrialized metal connectors.
• 🏡 The design emphasizes the importance of roofs and doors in local vernacular architecture, suggesting a focus on these elements for spatial harmony with the outdoors.
• 🌿 Understanding the relationships of these architectures with the local context is key to grasping the landscape and creating a product that reflects the local technique, uses, and sense of belonging.

Q & A

What is the primary objective of the Ivoira project by Ene, Architectura?

The primary objective is to create prefabricated houses that add value to the local forest industry and offer a design appropriate for the region's suburban and rural areas, responding to contemporary domestic uses.

How does the Ivoira project aim to update the region's housing offerings?

The project aims to update the region's housing offerings by utilizing local resources to design houses that are suitable for the local climate and lifestyle, focusing on the synthesis of internal and external complexities to enable contemporary living.

What is the significance of the semi-covered area in the proposed architecture?

The semi-covered area is significant as it is where most domestic activities take place, and the proposed architecture is designed to allow this by having a transparent middle that can transform into a large gallery or semi-covered space.

What are the main features of the houses' layout according to the transcript?

The houses feature a transparent middle with a single room flanked by side galleries, and an opaque middle that contains more private and service areas.

How does the design of the Ivoira project address the local climate and lifestyle?

The design addresses the local climate and lifestyle by focusing on the use of space, particularly the semi-covered area, which is common in the region, and by using materials and construction methods that are suitable for the local environment.

What materialization system is used for the construction of the Ivoira houses?

The materialization system consists of a mixed system of panels and post beams, with panels used for the enclosures, floor, ceiling, and verticals of the opaque middle, and ladders used for the transparent middle to allow for greater transparency.

How does the prefabrication process contribute to the construction of the Ivoira houses?

Prefabrication contributes by accelerating construction times, with 15 days for manufacturing and 15 days for assembly, minimizing environmental impacts, and allowing for predominantly manual assembly supported by a small crane.

What are the commercial dimensions of the wood that condition the dimensions of the parts in the Ivoira project?

For the panels, the modulation is 2440 by 3050 millimeters, and for the post beam, the maximum length is 3050 millimeters.

How are the panel joints made in the Ivoira project?

The panel joints are made by interlocking their uprights, which are then covered with joint covers.

What is the role of vernacular archetypes in the Ivoira project's design?

Vernacular archetypes, such as the colada, influence the design by emphasizing the importance of roofs and doors in response to spatial friction with the outside, while the rest of the components can be simplified.

How does the Ivoira project aim to synthesize the variables of technique, use, and belonging to a landscape?

The project aims to synthesize these variables by understanding the relationships of the architecture with the context, grasping the local landscape, and creating a product house that reflects the local techniques, contemporary uses, and a sense of belonging to the landscape.