Article source: HSU·RUDOLPHY arquitectos

In our society we customarily perceive architecture as a luxury, understanding luxury as something valuable and at the same time scarce. We agree with the first component of the definition, but with respect to the second point, we as architects have probably not been persistent enough to build a better quality environment, nor inside or outside the Centres. Now if we define luxury as Bruno Munari does, we realize that, in general, high-level architectural production is associated with improper use of costly materials, which produce an equality gap to the extent that the benefits of good design can only be taken advantage of by those that can afford it.

Image Courtesy © Juan Durán Sierralta

• Architects: HSU·RUDOLPHY arquitectos
• Project: Hostal Ritoque
• Location: Playa de Ritoque s/n, Quintero, Región de Valparaíso, Chile
• Photography: Juan Durán Sierralta
• Client: Diego Arenas / Dayenú Vencilla
  
• Structural Project: José Manuel Morales / Gabriel Rudolphy
  
• Construction: Juan Tapia / Francisco Tapia / Diego Arenas
  
• Budget: U$ 650/ sqm2
  
• Area: 183 m2
• Year: 2014

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