Article source: GUBBINS ARQUITECTOS

MAVA´S house is placed in “Beranda ”urbanization, wich is located in between Cachagua´s and maitencillo´s spas in Chile. The location is in a really strong slope, with a radical sight to Pacific Ocean. It is exposed to South-West winds.

The main strategy was to create a big terrace, creating this  “new floor” that would allow the “leisure life” and make even more perceptible the Ocean sight, Offering a unique relationship between the inhabitant and the horizon line,  the same way as the cliffs do.

Image Courtesy © Pedro Gubbins, Pablo Montecinos

• Architects: GUBBINS ARQUITECTOS
• Project: CASA MAVA 
• Location: Urbanization Beranda Town of Zapallar, Chile
• Photography: Pedro Gubbins, Pablo Montecinos
• Collaborators: Giacomo Visone y Sofía Valderrama.
• Structural engineer: Mauricio Abella
• Constructor: Julio Hernández
• Ground surface: 2.304 m2
• Floor surface: 356 m2
• Project year: 2010
• Construction year: 2010-2011
• Materials: Reinforced concrete, Steel. Glass and Wood beams.