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The original 42 sq meter plot included a patio at the entrance; one room downstairs comprising the kitchen, dining and living room; and one bedroom upstairs. A new two-story addition to the home was built with recycled red tin and provided space for an interior stairwell, a bathroom downstairs, a master bathroom upstairs, plus additional storage. Buenos Aires’ mild climate made creating a space with thin walls and minimum materials possible.
Recycled translucent acrylic is used as the roof for the upstairs bathroom, letting in tons of daylight into the space – albeit in a hue of yellow. Other materials taken from the house before the renovation were used in the new addition to create new interior furnishings, and they ranged from the closet, to the lavatory, to the laundry, to a flower pot. The downstairs room was outfitted with a new folding window to open the space up to the outdoor patio and extending the living space when the weather is nice.
Typical Buenos Aires condos and apartments, called “PH”, are arranged on long narrow plots accessible through alleys – a number of which are not very large. One couple decided to make the most of their extra patio space and build an addition to their one bedroom condo. Argentinian-based Pop-Arq designed the eco-addition using recycled materials and exploding the space with an added stairwell, two bathrooms and more storage.
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The original home included a single room downstairs that served as the kitchen, living and dining, and a bedroom upstairs accessible by the front patio.
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The couple wanted a bit more space for themselves, so they hired Pop-Arq to design an eco-friendly addition to the home.
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The new addition includes a bathroom both upstairs and downstairs, along with a new stairwell and more storage.
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The exterior of the addition was constructed with recycled red tin. And because of the temperate Buenos Aires climate, the material could be thin and lightweight.
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Many of the materials used to finish the interior of the addition were recycled from the original construction home.
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The addition provided important, additional space and makes the best use of the outdoor patio area.
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The condo is located in Buenos Aires in an area of town known for long plots of land accessed via narrow alleys.
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The first floor contains an additional bathroom, storage and a stairwell. The patio space was decreased in order to make room for the addition.
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Upstairs is the master bathroom and the bedroom equipped with additional storage.
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A new folding window was installed downstairs and can be opened up onto the patio to increase the living space when the weather is nice.
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The exterior of the new addition was fabricated out of recycled red tin.
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The relatively small home plot measures 7 x 6 meters and the addition brought the home’s size to 70 sq meters (750 sq ft).
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