Casa Capotesta is a house in
Pinamar Partido
Pinamar Partido is a Partidos of Buenos Aires, partido on the Argentine Sea, Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It limits with La Costa Partido to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Provincial Route 11 (Buenos Aires), ...
, a coastal resort in the province of
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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. It was designed in 1983 by the architect
Clorindo Testa
Clorindo Manuel José Testa (December 10, 1923 – April 11, 2013) was an Italian-Argentine architect and artist.
Testa was one of the leaders of the Argentine rationalist movement and one of the pioneers of the brutalist movement in Argenti ...
, who was a prominent member of the Argentine rationalist movement and one of the pioneers of
brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by Minimalism (art), minimalist constructions th ...
there. He designed the house for himself, as a summer residence. The name of the house is a play on ''capo'', Italian for "head" or "leader", and the surname of the (Italian born) architect.
The house is situated about 200 metres from the beach.
The house is a large central cube with three rectangular shapes protruding out at odd angles creating striking angular geometries. Testa's architecture of that period is said to have acquired a more reflective, poetically human dimension.
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References
External links
Casa de veraneo - Capotesta/ 1983 / 1985''The summer house - Capotesta'' (in Spanish). The page displays a few basic architectural sketches
Casas que hicieron historia(in Spanish) ''"Houses that made history"'' Biblioteca de la Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, Argentina
Architecture in Argentina
Brutalist architecture in Argentina
Houses in Argentina
Houses completed in 1985
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