In a private suburb with a golf course and “colonial-style” homes, we built this house for a couple. The subsoil has a superficial layer of swelling clay 1.5 meter thick, so a decision was made to build a structure elevated from the ground and supported on piles that rise from the lower stratum. Therefore, the floor floats and is not affected by the swelling or shrinkage of the shale. The structure is metallic, very lightweight, with a plaster dry wall on the inside and cement fiber board on the outside. Plycem is a locally manufactured material made of cellulose and cement, which has proven to have great results for the outdoors. The visible metallic structure boasts a polished finish that gives the structure a glossy shine.

The space is defined by the unifying roof, with two projections toward the exterior: a front balcony on the second floor and an elevated terrace overlooking the rear gardens. Side ventilation apertures resembling fish scales slice the walls from top to bottom and regulate the access of the sunrays.

The entrance to the building is through an access ramp, across a water reflection pond, that leads from the sidewalk level to the floor level through an elevated ramp. The curve of this ramp gives the beholder a subtle change in angle.