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Architecture: MAPA Architects
Partners: Luciano Andrades, Matías Carballal, Andrés Gobba, Mauricio López, Silvio Machado.
Project Team: Pablo Courreges, Diego Morera, Emiliano Lago, Fabián Sarubbi, Sandra Rodríguez, Rafael Solano, Agustín Dieste, Alba Álvarez, Marcos Gómara, Victoria Reibakas.
Photography: Leonardo Finotti (©photo@leonardofinotti.com)
Interior Area: 60 m2
Year: 2016-2017
Location: Pueblo Eden, Maldonado, Uruguay
Assembly and installation: MTA Ingeniería
Engineering Project: Lagomarsino & Asoc.
Windows: Alushop+Alumex (Sapa)
Woodwork: Cosia y Pombo
Furniture: Estudio Claro, Estudio Diario, BoConcept, Don Baez
Lighting: Trios Lighting (Marset)
Automation: Lutron
Audio: Bang&Olufsen
Marbles: Anibal Abbate
Solar panels: Chromagem
Green Roof: Ecotelhado
Woods: Maguinor Maderas
Pool: Mileto

This is the elevated mosaic stone on the side by the glass wall.

This view showcases more of the stone base of the glass upper wall of the house.

This nighttime view of the house shows the warm glow of the interior lights.

This is the back of the house with an exterior wall made of wooden elements.

The back has a window that showcases the warm glow of the interiors.

This is a view of the house's surrounding landscape and mountain view.

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This side of the house that has wooden slat panels on its exterior walls.

These wooden slat panels also retract to show the warmth of the interiors.

This is a look at the back of the house that has an elevated patio area that has mosaic stone sides.

This is a nighttime view of the house showcasing the warm glow of the interiors.

The interior of the house is adorned with an animal fur area rug brightened by natural lights,

This side of the house has a cove reading nook lit by the glass walls.

A few steps from the reading nook is the bed with its own glass wall at the foot of the bed.

There is also a glass wall on the side of the bed with curtains.

This is a close look at the round dining table and the reading nook,

This nighttime view of the interior shows the modern fireplace on the side of the reading nook,

This is another look at the outdoor patio that has a small pool.

This is a farther look at the house showcasing how it stands out against the landscape.

This is an aerial look at the house to showcase theproximity of the road, the landscape and degree of isolation.

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This is an exterior look at the house that has mirror-like exterior walls looking over the shrubs, trees and farmland.

The structure also reflects on the water's surface.

This is a nighttime view of the house that stands out against the surrounding dark lansdcape.

This is the illustration of the house floor plan.

This is the illustration of the house floor plan and the wall of the back of the house.

This is the illustration of the house floor plan diagram.

SACROMONTE
Crafted Wines – Landscape Hotel

Sacromonte is an invitation to approach the world of fine wines in a remote natural setting, where sophistication and the rudimentary coexist in a new experience of the landscape.
Its lands, stretching over 250 acres, are nestled in a privileged location: the wild sierras of eastern Uruguay. At an equal distance between Punta del Este, José Ignacio, and Pueblo Garzón, it is a unique ecosystem to be enjoyed with a singular spirit.

Sacromonte as a field for experiences

Sacromonte is landscape. It is a field of relational forces, of ancient intensity and new impulses that jointly create a new, unprecedented entity. Thus, nature, production, infrastructure, and the palpable energy of the site configure a field of stimuli to be discovered; a field of experiences.

In this idyllic landscape, young vineyards adapted to the unique characteristics of its soil, interact with a hill from which the entire spot may be observed, with its lush grasslands, natural spring water reservoirs, and several streams that run through the valley densely surrounded by pristine vegetation. It is the contemporary explorer who will rewrite its own script, costarring the landscape while walking through a wide range of scenarios.

Sacromonte (Crafted Wines) will be part of a young constellation of small Uruguayan wineries of recent international recognition as producers of small quantities of premium wines. A unique feature of Sacromonte’s vineyards is the terroir, a result of its location in the wild sierras of Maldonado, with steep hillsides facing north and its rocky soils, rich in mica schist and granite.

With the comfort and sophistication of urban hotels, Sacromonte Landscape Hotel substitutes the concept of contiguous rooms with exclusive cabins scattered through the landscape. In addition, elevators and corridors are replaced by winding paths. A total of 13 cabins (4 shelters and 9 landscape shelters) are disseminated over the Sacromonte topography, seeking the best locations.

A winery with a restaurant set among the vineyards, a reception area with a wine store, and a hilltop terrace for wine tasting put the finishing touches on the hotel facilities.

At the same time, a network of elements that amplify the experience of the landscape is in place, intended to enhance unexplored spots: an open chapel among the vineyards and paths, trails and tracks activated by programs for the enjoyment of wine, culture, and art.

Last but not least, Sacromonte is a sustainable venture, which includes the environmental dimension in all its decisions. Prefab buildings, low-emissivity glass, living roofs, the use of local materials for onsite works, an organic vegetable garden, electric cars for transport, renewable energy, the rational use of fertilizers, the use of spring waters, and the eco-friendly wastewater treatment system are a few of the strategies that make Sacromonte a field of harmoniously coexisting events.

Sacromonte Shelters

A prefab experience of the landscape

Sacromonte exclusive rooms start in a factory in the metropolitan area of Montevideo. It is a speedy process of fewer than 10 weeks, after which they are transported over more than 200 km in a single day. Leaving the city behind, the rooms cease to exist as such and become landscape shelters.

They are no longer objects but rather evolve into experiences.

The modular metal structure, a blend of steel framing and light steel framing, gives preference to constructive simplicity and the efficient use of materials. Finishing is simple and expressive.

Materials are used in harmony with their nature.

In sharp contrast, the walls supporting the prefab modules are built onsite with local stones and take diverse organic shapes adapted to each placement. Circular pools, composing a new sensory experience of the landscape, complement them.

Space is organized in a sequence of longitudinal layers of different thicknesses, between which daily life develops. The rear plane of the cabins is composed of piles of wood logs, reminiscent of woodpiles typical of lifestyles in natural settings.

The following layer hosts the wet areas such as the bathroom and the kitchen, a fireplace, and a reading nook ideal for just reading or sleeping a siesta, sheltered by the landscape. Separated by a wood plane, follows the main space containing the bedroom, living, and dining room, which opens fully onto the landscape it is inserted in and of which it is an integral part.

The façade is composed of a sheet of a one-way mirror, covering the cabin with an almost magical effect, creating a tense limit between both the camouflage and the rhythm of nature and the unreal sheen of technology and modern times.

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