#barn aesthetics

[perikali]

Barn and Multipurpose Warehouse / Mariel Suárez

Completed in 2021 in , Argentina. Images by Ramiro Sosa .

“ The project proposes a versatile space that allows incorporating different uses according to the necessities for a family on a piece of land adjoining their house. We think of a visible modulated structure that makes it possible to divide sectors according to convenience. We use W profiles and thermo-insulating panels with two sheet metal faces and injected rigid polyurethane foam between them and hermetic openings with double glazing”

[perikali]

AER House / LESGOURGUES

Completed in 2021 in Onesse-Laharie, France. Images by Sarah Arnould. In the Landes, southwestern region of France, within an “airial”, a large airy plot whose typology and name are specific to the department, this...

As a lover of farms and farmsteads, I find “Barn Architecture” to be practical and positive. Here is a lovely new take on this from France.

“ his wooden frame house welcomes a vertical cladding with black wood joint covers and natural eaves. It is a construction that intends to respect the characteristics of the airial by borrowing the aesthetics of barns and other agricultural buildings originally built on those large grassed areas. “