Capotesta House
| Casa Capotesta | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Location | Buriquetas Norte Street, Pinamar Partido, Argentina |
| Construction started | 1983 |
| Completed | 1985 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Clorindo Testa |
Casa Capotesta is a house in Pinamar Partido, a coastal resort in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was designed in 1983 by the architect Clorindo Testa, who was a prominent member of the Argentine rationalist movement and one of the pioneers of brutalist architecture there. He designed the house for himself, as a summer residence.[1] The name of the house is a play on capo, Italian for "head" or "leader", and the surname of the (Italian born) architect.
The house is situated about 200 metres from the beach.[2] The house is a large central cube with three rectangular shapes protruding out at odd angles creating striking angular geometries. Testa's architecture of that period is said to have acquired a more reflective, poetically human dimension.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.arquitectura.com/arquitectura/latina/obras/testa/pinamar/pinamar.asp
- ↑ Quantrill, Malcolm (2000). Latin American Architecture. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-901-9.
- ↑ Manuel Cuadra, Clorindo Testa, Alfonso Corona Martínez, Hans Jürgen Commerell, Kristin Feireiss (2000). Clorindo Testa, architect. Nederlands Architectuurinstituut, NAI.
External links
- Casa de veraneo - Capotesta/ 1983 / 1985 The summer house - Capotesta (in Spanish). The page displays a few basic architectural sketches
- Casas que hicieron historia (in Spanish) "Houses that made history" Biblioteca de la Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, Argentina