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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. Guest House in Navidad, Chile by AATA ARQUITECTOS ASOCIADOSJune 28th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: AATA ARQUITECTOS ASOCIADOS The requirement of the client was consisting of a small cabin for guests. It was thought as an element that stands on the ground with almost no intervention of it. For the same reason it was thought in 2 stories. That way less surface deals with the ground. The project is a 540cm cube (exterior measure) of wooden structure with two stories inside.  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com
 Image Courtesy © impulsando.com It is thought as a housing with low energetic consumption, so special care was taken in deciding the orientation, the interior color, the window’s locations and the isolation. This last feature of the isolation material is the most important and gives the façades and the entire project a very special look.  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com Bales of straw coated with mud were used for the walls, due to its high thermal efficiency and for being an abundant material in the area. These are protected from the rain by transparent polycarbonate plates, which show the internal materiality. Waved zinc at the top and bottom of the walls was used to cover the unions.  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com The roof is considered a 5th façade for it’s also visible. For that reason it was turn into a green cover, with grass, which prevents the wind to hit directly the surface, taking away heat from it. The location of the windows was designed to allow as much sun light as possible in the interior during the winter and crossed flow of air to ventilate it in summer time. The interior is painted all in white, in order to let the natural light coming from the windows bounce in the interior walls and diminish the needing of using artificial light.  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com  Image Courtesy © impulsando.com  Image Courtesy © AATA ARQUITECTOS ASOCIADOS  Image Courtesy © AATA ARQUITECTOS ASOCIADOS  Image Courtesy © AATA ARQUITECTOS ASOCIADOS
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