Article source: CIA_ARQ

The Las Trancas house is the first of a series of new constructions on this . It’s a starting point for the colonization of this property, located on the banks of lake Calafquen near Coñaripe. A virgin place which must be tamed.

For this first construction, the project’s logic had to be as fitting to local knowledge as possible, because due to the terrain’s characteristics and the difficulties of access, most of the materials, techniques and workmanship used would have to be local, presenting a somewhat technically atemporal construction.

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• Architects: CIA_ARQ (Cristián Irarrázaval Andrews Arquitecto)
• Project: Las Trancas House
• Location: Las Trancas estate, Coñaripe, Lake Calafquen, IX Region, Chile
• Author: Cristián Irarrázaval Andrews
• Predominant materials: Oregon pine wood, impregnated pine wood
• Location surface: 20 Ha
• Built surface: 125 mt²
• Project year: 2011
• Construction year: 2011
• ICA: In process

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