This Vacation Home in Argentina Is One Part House, One Part Skate Ramp

For this vacation home in the wetlands of the Paraná River in Argentina, designer Macu Bulgubure was presented with an unusual client brief. "The original request was a detached weekend home, plus a cabin and a skate ramp," explains Bulgubure. But as the project evolved, he came up with an entirely different idea: to integrate the ramp into the design.

Addressing that request required some creative thinking. To merge house and ramp without it feeling like a tacked-on addition, Bulgubure set the skate ramp into the elevated deck fronting the home. The deck seamlessly transitions into a runway, rising into a half-pipe to the south. Besides adding a visually dynamic curve to the facade, the giant ramp also helps block the high summer sun.