Sumit Singhal Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Casa Vattier in Valparaiso, Chile by Elton+Léniz Arquitectos Asociados
January 19th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Elton+Léniz Arquitectos Asociados
This house is placed in the last third of a sloping site which it is accessed from below. This position determinates the construction so that the access path doesn’t interrupt the view of the near context of the house.
The whole program is developed in a unique level, with the exception of a bedroom, a bathroom and a guests living room that takes advantage of the acclivity of the site and appears below the main volume of the house.
Office Architects: John Fieldhouse – Juan Pablo Nazar
Constructor: Altiplano
Site Area: 5000 m2
Built Area: 350 m2
Project Year: 2009-2010
Construction Year: 2010
Materialidad: Madera – Hormigón a la vista
Materials: Wood/Concrete
Photographs: Natalia Vial
Image Courtesy Natalia Vial
Proposed spaces are organized in terms of the panoramic view that shapes a slender horizontal body that is oriented towards the south-west. To control the effects of this orientation it is projected a 2 meter wing that emphasizes the horizontal condition of the house on the ground.
Image Courtesy Natalia Vial
View and orientation has an influence on the design of the roofing. The continuous slab is folded longitudinally in order to give shape to two parallel skylights that run along the whole length of the house.
Materiality is concrete and its revetment of existing rocks of the area.
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