Designed by Architect Ezequiel Rivarola in collaboration with Clorindo Testa, the Pontoporia House is located next to a cliff in a very peculiar spot on the Argentinean coast.
“The starting point of the complete project, of which only the first stage has been constructed, is the relationship between two cubical solids proposed by Testa. The house opens progressively to the surrounding landscape from the ground floor to the upper floors.”
The focus of the design was on the interior as shelter due to the severe coastal climate. The layout of the cubes protects the inhabitants from the steady wind. 
“The cubes, like artificial rocks on the ground, resemble the geological formations of the area. The shifts between the cubes and the subtractions and additions allow the creation of new spaces.” 
The interior space was created from simple geometric shapes that, combined with more complex calculations, produced different openings to the wind, the sights, the sun. 
The bedrooms and a public area are placed on the ground floor whereas the kitchen, dining room, living room are on the upper floor, there is also a terraced roof which a special view of the ocean (Pontoporia is the scientific name for the dolphin of the Plata, a species that can be seen from the house). 
The house was awarded in the 2009 Biennial Exposition of the Architects Association of the Province of Buenos Aires (CAPBA).
PONTOPORIA HOUSE
Architects: Architect Clorindo Testa – Architect Ezequiel Rivarola
Project Leader: Eric Cowper
Project Team: Esteban Arribas, Pablo Dellepiane, Carolina Winitzky, Mercedes García Sierra, Ana Konopka
Location: Rocas Negras, Mar del Sud, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Area: 125 sqm
Master of Works: Architect Ezequiel Rivarola
Photographs by Pablo Valda
Architects: Architect Clorindo Testa – Architect Ezequiel Rivarola
Project Leader: Eric Cowper
Project Team: Esteban Arribas, Pablo Dellepiane, Carolina Winitzky, Mercedes García Sierra, Ana Konopka
Location: Rocas Negras, Mar del Sud, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Area: 125 sqm
Master of Works: Architect Ezequiel Rivarola
Photographs by Pablo Valda
Source: mocoloco
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