Gozu House by Opus

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Gozu House by Opus

Architect: Opus
Location: El Retiro Antioquia, Colombia
Contracting Entity / Promoter: Gómez Zuluaga Family
Project Type: Architecture
Category: Housing and Habitat
Area: 500 m2
Associates: N.A.
Development Phase: In use
Photos: Isaac Ramirez

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The sprawling house is clad in wood and beautiful stonework. Sleek rooflines add character to the house.
The sprawling house is clad in wood and beautiful stonework. Sleek rooflines add character to the house.
An oversized pivot door welcomes guests into a bright entry.
An oversized pivot door welcomes guests into a bright entry.
The house features a pool deck and a covered lanai supported by round timber posts.
The house features a pool deck and a covered lanai supported by round timber posts.
The covered lanai is furnished with a round dining set. It sits next to the kitchen for convenient serving.
The covered lanai is furnished with a round dining set. It sits next to the kitchen for convenient serving.
A broad corridor topped by skylights connects the central area to the pool deck.
A broad corridor topped by skylights connects the central area to the pool deck.
Oversized pendants illuminate this hallway adorned with lovely plants.
Oversized pendants illuminate this hallway adorned with lovely plants.
The living area is warm and cozy. It is surrounded by stone and wood-paneled walls echoed from the exterior.
The living area is warm and cozy. It is surrounded by stone and wood-paneled walls echoed from the exterior.
The stone and wood-paneled walls continue to the bedroom to maintain cohesiveness.
The stone and wood-paneled walls continue to the bedroom to maintain cohesiveness.
The corridor also leads to the eat-in kitchen flooded by natural light.
The corridor also leads to the eat-in kitchen flooded by natural light.
Sliding glass doors and skylights blur the line between indoor and outdoor living.
Sliding glass doors and skylights blur the line between indoor and outdoor living.
A view of the sparkling pool from the covered lanai.
A view of the sparkling pool from the covered lanai.
Skylights framed with black aluminum trims crown the corridor.
Skylights framed with black aluminum trims crown the corridor.
The kitchen has stunning views of the outdoor living and the surrounding landscape.
The kitchen has stunning views of the outdoor living and the surrounding landscape.
The kitchen's expansive windows frame the picturesque mountains.
The kitchen’s expansive windows frame the picturesque mountains.
The bathroom feels very open with its surrounding glass walls.
The bathroom feels very open with its surrounding glass walls.
At night, the house is bathed in ambient lighting enhancing its cozy ambiance.
At night, the house is bathed in ambient lighting enhancing its cozy ambiance.
The pool deck also radiates a warm ambiance against the pitch black sky.
The pool deck also radiates a warm ambiance against the pitch black sky.
Sketch of the Gozu House.
Sketch of the Gozu House.
Floor plan of the Gozu House.
Floor plan of the Gozu House.
Sections of the Gozu House.
Sections of the Gozu House.
Elevations of the Gozu House.
Elevations of the Gozu House. 

This House, located in a natural environment at 2,200 m height, pretends to opens, in a sensitive way, to the different surrounding landscapes of the place by proposing diffuse limits between the inside and the outside of the House.

The social module is oriented towards the East, and the room’s module is oriented towards the West. They are connected through a central body of access in relation to the external spaces defined between both modules. A succession of folds in the vegetated cover evoke the movements of the mountains that configure the inner spatiality.

Inside, the social area is part of a high roofing common space that allows observing the views of the Valley. A broad winding corridor connected to the central area and the intermediate patios distribute the access to the bedrooms that are open to the forest.

The metal structure is shown with the reddish oxide in contact with the stone and the pinewood as the predominant materials of the House, both inside and outside.

The thermal inertia that provides the green roof joined to the strategies of solar caption through the skylights and the glass cover of the central module allows heating the inside and preserves the thermal comfort due to the variations in the temperature between day and night.

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