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- Architects: UMWELT
- Location: Cáhuil, Chile
- Architects In Charge: Ignacio García Partarrieu, Arturo Scheidegge
- Area: 130.0 m2
- Project Year: 2017
- Photographs: Felipe Ugalde
- Construction: Constructora Altamarea
- Structural Calculation: Francisco Milla
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Text description provided by the architects. BL1 is a house for a young family that decided to move from the capital to the beach of Cáhuil. It is not a second home for resting or escaping during the weekends but the possibility of transforming their metropolitan lifestyle to a more informal and rural one, with a direct and constant contact with the natural environment.
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Due to this, in addition to the traditional program of family rooms, common spaces and services, the house includes extra spaces for guests, a workshop/yoga room, a garage/logia/dressing room that can be used as a multipurpose room and an independent cabin for rent (BL 2 House)
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1 Level Floor Plan
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The 5000 square meters site with no trees or other pre-existing elements has a direct but distant view towards the ocean coinciding with the west orientation. A predominant and steady wind comes from the south, and from the north only when it rains.
Site Plan
The project is organized as an “L” in plan. The east-west wing is built from a pre-existing container that blocks the south wind. The two-level north-south wing is completely built in wood. The point of connection between both sides defines the access, common spaces and through a deck the connection to the garage. Both ends of this “L” are connected by a diagonal terrace and a system of pillars and beams projected from the house protecting it from the sun while allowing the domestic program to expand to the outside.
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To optimize time and economy the house is built with the least amount of details and only based on the construction systems usually used by local builders.
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