Finca Gualfín

Project data

Location

Calchaquí Valley, Salta Province

Year

2006

Use

Single-family residential

Area

500 m²

Commission

Design and construction management

Design

Arq. Nick Follett · Arq. Fernando Iglesias Molli

Credits

Mike Follett · Martin Evans, asesor en sustentabilidad energética

Description

Set in the bare, rustic, desert landscape of the Calchaquí Valley in northern Argentina, Gualfín House was refitted for family use and turned into a technological oasis with full solar supply for hot water and electricity. The ride across mountain ridges, rivers, streams and valleys makes the journey itself one of the most striking in the country, and the house answers it. A water channel runs the edge of the courtyard, entering at one end and leaving at the other, a re-reading of the classic acequia, crossed by timber bridges on all four sides.