Casa AH by Estudio GMARQ
Casa AH unfolds as a weekend house in a gated community outside Buenos Aires, Argentina, designed by Estudio GMARQ for a family seeking distance from the city. The house organizes social and private rooms around the golf course views, using concrete, glass, and warm wood to stitch together generous interiors with a measured connection to the landscape. Simple materials carry the atmosphere. Carefully tuned details shape the daily rhythm of arrival, rest, and return.
Afternoon light washes across the living room and slips out toward the garden, tracking the line between gallery and pool. A quiet sequence runs from concrete threshold to lawn.
Casa AH is a suburban weekend house in a gated community near Buenos Aires, Argentina, planned by Estudio GMARQ in 2022 for a city-based family. The project centers on clear volumes, a restrained palette, and a careful balance between robust construction and tactile interior finishes. Material decisions guide how each room meets the golf course, how shade works, and how the house holds up to constant use.
Layered Volumes
From the street, the house reads as two stacked elements with distinct roles. A concrete ground floor holds the entrance, garage, and service areas, wrapped in black vertical aluminum fins that lend rhythm and controlled privacy. Above this, a more solid box rests on the base and gathers the bedrooms into a compact volume with a steady outlook toward the garden and the golf course. The clear hierarchy between plinth and upper box sets up both structure and everyday use.
Stair And Timber Prism
At the center of the open plan, two wooden elements define the main room. One is the floating stair, a run of laminated timber steps that lifts lightly from the concrete and ties both levels together. The other is a timber-clad prism that separates the living room from the kitchen while allowing circulation around all sides, turning a simple divider into a warm anchor for daily life. Together, they soften the harder shell and give the interior its scale.
Inside To Garden
The ground floor unfolds as a sequence rather than isolated rooms. Living room, gallery, pool, and garden line up along the fairway edge, so movement reads as a continuous drift from interior to exterior. Large panes of glass keep the view present while the covered gallery mediates sun, breeze, and social life at the edge of the pool. Each threshold is simple, and the long view to the golf course anchors family gatherings and quiet mornings alike.
Shade, Light, And Comfort
Orientation informs the envelope as much as aesthetics. Eaves and sliding black aluminum brise soleil guard the upper bedrooms from direct summer sun, while still preserving outward views. Double-glazed windows with thermal break, concrete walls backed by hollow clay bricks, and the deep gallery work together to temper heat and hold steady comfort across seasons. Every room benefits from natural light, and the shell quietly supports lower energy use without technical display.
Concrete, Metal, And Warmth
Material selection stays tight: concrete, aluminum, glass, marble, and porcelain in gray and black set a calm, durable base. Against this, laminated wood brings warmth to floors, vertical planes, and that central stair-and-prism pair, preventing the house from feeling austere. Hard-wearing finishes support weekend comings and goings, while refined joints and clean junctions keep the composition from turning heavy. Harmony here relies less on ornament than on proportion, grain, and how each surface meets the next.
As the day cools, the gallery gathers family between interior and garden, with the pool and fairway holding the last reflections of light. From concrete plinth to timber details, every element works toward ease and durability. The house stands ready for repeated returns, grounding weekend life in measured structure and material calm.
Photography courtesy of Estudio GMARQ
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