casa bp overlooks rural argentina
Facing a wide rural horizon in Córdoba, Argentina, this contemporary dwelling dubbed Casa BP has been completed by architect Santiago Bertotti. The home’s elevated location allows the residence to follow the land’s gradual rise, its minimalist presence responding closely to the gently sloping site.
The house is arranged as an elongated volume surrounded by gardens to offer long, uninterrupted views across the vast landscape. Two formal operations define the design approach. The main home appears as a monolithic element with earth-toned walls, creating an opaque, introverted presence. Beside it, a lighter pavilion is expressed with large windows and horizontal sun-shading components that temper light and extend the project’s contemporary character.
images © Gonzalo Viramonte
a linear home by Santiago Bertotti
Architect Santiago Bertotti structures the social core as a single continuous field that houses living, dining, and kitchen functions. This integrated space opens directly onto a longitudinal gallery that runs parallel to the primary volume. The gallery’s width and orientation enable interior life to slide outward, with daily activities extending fluidly toward the landscape.
The private wing occupies the right side of the plan, where bedrooms sit behind a linear corridor buffered by the thermal mass of the exterior walls. Openings along this facade are calibrated to filter daylight and maintain a consistent interior climate and sense of retreat.
The pigmented walls shift subtly throughout the day. At sunrise they take on warm pink undertones, deepen into richer ochres toward evening, and under clouded skies they appear as a muted, matte field.
Casa BP sits along an elevated site in Córdoba, Argentina
the pavilion and garden
A secondary pavilion stands slightly apart from the main structure. Its metal frame and expanded glass surfaces give it a lighter profile, while sun-shading elements produce shifting patterns of light during the day. This detached presence complements the heavier primary volume and enriches the project with a more transparent spatial layer.
The garden is composed of native species arranged loosely across the terrain. Grasses, herbaceous plants, and local shrubs form a naturalistic field that blends the house with its broader context. The landscaping extends the serrano ecosystem across the site, easing the transition between architecture and ground.
A linear pool placed directly along the gallery introduces a reflective surface that echoes the residence’s geometric discipline. Its slim profile reinforces the project’s horizontal reading and establishes a calm visual dialogue with the vegetation.
earth-toned walls create an opaque front toward the street and an open elevation toward the landscape
the pigmented concrete monolith
Materiality plays a central role in the clarity of Casa BP. Pigmented cement-rendered walls with a handcrafted mineral finish give the main volume chromatic unity and a notable tactile presence. Along the gallery, solid-wood structural elements appear as irregular columns beneath a continuous slatted ceiling, grounding the circulation zone with warmth and rhythm.
In the complementary pavilion, black metal and glass define the envelope while adjustable louvers regulate sunlight throughout the day. Each material is paired with its specific climatic role, supporting an architecture closely tuned to Córdoba’s environmental conditions.
The residence emerges as a deliberate incision across the terrain: opaque and contained toward the street, open and permeable toward the views, massive in its blind facade yet visually light along its galleries. The composition grows from a precise balance between solid planes and transparent surfaces.
a linear pool mirrors the geometry of the residence and reflects the surrounding vegetation
a parallel gallery extends social spaces outward and strengthens the project’s linear character
native vegetation reinforces the serrano ecosystem and softens the transition between house and terrain
the main home takes on a strict, linear layout to frame expansive rural views
material choices respond directly to climate and strengthen the project’s grounded presence
project info:
name: Casa BP
architect: Santiago Bertotti | @santiago_bertotti
location: Córdoba, Argentina
built area: 4,306 square feet
completion: 2024
photography: © Gonzalo Viramonte | @gonzaloviramonte
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