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Casa Curutchet

1955 · La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

18°C · 11.0h daylight · 19 km/h wind

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Casa Curutchet

La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · City-level coordinates only

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Casa Curutchet

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La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Climate: 18°C · 11.0h daylight · 19 km/h wind

Mapping: City-level coordinates only

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Casa Curutchet

1955 · La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Gunnar BirkertsGunnar Birkerts

1950-2017 · Detroit, Michigan, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19551950-2017
PlaceLa Plata, Buenos Aires Province, ArgentinaDetroit, Michigan, United States
Place contextLa Plata, Buenos Aires Province, ArgentinaRepresentative site: Detroit, Detroit, United States
Climate18°C · 11.0h daylight · 19 km/h wind17°C · 13.7h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative
FocusHouse-clinic5 works in corpus
Architects

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  • Gunnar Birkerts
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Notable works

  • 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative
  • Domino's Farms
  • National Library of Latvia
  • Domino's
Typologies
  • house
  • modernism
  • residential building
  • housing
  • performance venue
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • tower
  • library
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • glass
  • steel
Carbon signals

Concrete and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Glass

Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Steel
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
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