Apartment in Buenos Aires | mercedes sanguinetti

The project is born out of the homeowners' desire to build a home theater room as well as upgrade bathrooms and laundry room; install a new HVAC system, and renovate furnishings. 

The key factor in the strategy applied throughout this intervention was to maximize daylight penetration into and across the apartment's interior. 

The concept behind the home theater room was a kind of glass case that would be placed in the middle of the main circulation space between both main halls. This would allow the entrance of air, light, and perspectives into this area, which was dark and fragmented. To that end, the old laundry room was moved from this strategic place in the floor plan.    

In line with that, we opened all possible daylight admission sources towards the hallways by optimizing sunlight through the series of large uniform windows on the facade of this building built in 1935 and located on Libertador Avenue, a residential neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

The bedrooms located towards the back of the apartment were connected by a double-faced bookcase-door with glass paneling at the top that maintains the flow of sunlight from morning to afternoon.  

The contemporary Italian lighting fixtures create a dialogue with the existing furniture most of which is original Maison Jansen.

We chose white paint for all circulation space in order to redirect sunlight and further brighten the interior.  

The project focused mainly on the living areas and the servants’ quarters; however, installing the new air conditioning system throughout the house entailed the delicate job of installing a new ductwork system while preserving the existing décor of the living and dining rooms as well as the office.