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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. Villuco House in Chile by DX ArchitectsOctober 21st, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: DX Architects The house Villuco is a project of remodeling and expansion of a house located in the area on the way to Chiguayante, Concepción, XIII region, it is located on the slope of the hill and enhances the views on the BIo Bio River on its south bank.
The original location of the house in the form of a cross that generated four courtyards determined the main concept to intervene, reinterpreting its structure and modifying the program, distributing it in 3 floors: 1 Vehicle access 2 Common Spaces, Services and Patios 3 Bedrooms. The layout of the house is determined by the intersection of the sides of the cross, it is in this space where the enclosures are distributed both in the level of common spaces and in the level of the bedrooms, they take advantage of the sun and views to be arranged at the extremes of the cross oriented to the cardinal points. The accesses to the house are located in the different levels, in the lowest level there is vehicular access, stone and concrete abounds as in the edge of the river, in the second level is the pedestrian access from the street and the services of the house surrounded by a lattice of steel that shades the light, the access to the third level is born from the staircase in the center of the cross, the entire interior of the bedroom area is clad in Decofaz wood overlooking the forest or the river, The Miniwave pre-painted black exterior with the shape of a shed is impervious to the surrounding humidity. Contact DX Architects
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