{"id":513810,"date":"2026-03-09T22:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513810\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:33:14","slug":"in-paraguay-architecture-doesnt-come-at-the-expense-of-nature-at-un-bosque-en-la-casa-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513810\/","title":{"rendered":"In Paraguay, Architecture Doesn&#8217;t Come at the Expense of Nature at &#8216;Un Bosque en La Casa&#8217; \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new home designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/equipodearquitectura.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Equipo de Arquitectura<\/a> begs the question: is it a house in a forest or a forest in a house? The name of the project sheds some light on that, aptly titled \u201cUn Bosque en la Casa,\u201d or \u201cA Forest in the House.\u201d Bricks, steel, glass, and concrete combine in a single-story contemporary home that\u2019s all corners, volume, and apertures, while the trees and tropical plants around it organically soften its angles.<\/p>\n<p>Architects Horacio Cherniavsky and Viviana Pozzoli took the lead on this new home in San Bernardino, Paraguay, challenging the notion that nature is in direct opposition to development. \u201c\u2018A Forest in the House\u2019 proposes an alternative approach to harmonizing the built form with its natural surroundings,\u201d the studio says. \u201cRather than treating existing trees as obstacles, the project embraces them as fundamental guides that shape the spatial program.\u201d See more on the firm\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/equipodearquitectura\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-6.jpg\" alt=\"The inner courtyard of a contemporary concrete, glass, and steel home amid trees and tropical plants\" class=\"wp-image-470864\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-7.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-7.jpg\" alt=\"The interior of a contemporary concrete, glass, and steel home amid trees and tropical plants\" class=\"wp-image-470865\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-1-960x598.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-1-960x598.jpg\" alt=\"The exterior of a contemporary concrete, glass, and steel home amid trees and tropical plants\" class=\"wp-image-470859\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-4.jpg\" alt=\"The interior of a contemporary concrete, glass, and steel home amid trees and tropical plants\" class=\"wp-image-470862\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-10.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-10.jpg\" alt=\"The interior pool of a contemporary concrete, glass, and steel home amid trees and tropical plants\" class=\"wp-image-470857\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-8.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-8.jpg\" alt=\"People sit on a concrete canopy of a contemporary home amid tropical trees and plants\" class=\"wp-image-470866\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-3.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-3.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of the exterior of a contemporary concrete, glass, and steel home amid trees and tropical plants\" class=\"wp-image-470861\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-11.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-11.jpg\" alt=\"The interior of a contemporary concrete, glass, and steel home amid trees and tropical plants\" class=\"wp-image-470858\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-9.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bosque-casa-9.jpg\" alt=\"The interior of a contemporary concrete, glass, and steel home amid trees and tropical plants\" class=\"wp-image-470856\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Hide advertising<\/p>\n<p>Save your favorite articles<\/p>\n<p>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Receive members-only newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new home designed by Equipo de Arquitectura begs the question: is it a house in a forest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[230,228,226,227,229,88,226143,989,35381,1684,23636],"class_list":["post-513810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-equipo-de-arquitectura","tag-houses","tag-paraguay","tag-plants","tag-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}