Chilean House / Smiljan Radic

Jan 2009

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , Chile, Masonry, Patio

Architect: Smiljan Radic Clarke
Location: Los Lirios, Rancagua, Chile
Collaborators: Danilo Lazcano, Gonzalo Torres
Structural Engineer: Claudio Assar Olguín
Technical Inspection: Smiljan Radic
Contractor: Eugenio Durán
Constructive System: Masonry
Project Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2006
Site Area: 1600 sqm
Constructed Area: 210 sqm
Photographs: Gonzalo Puga

These two houses -actually there´s only one built- recall the houses of tenant farmers in the Chilean countryside: the existing walnut trees haven´t been touched, the outside has been denied thanks to a whitewashed perimetral wall.

An inner courtyard with the possibility of being covered with an agricultural tarpaulin fixed to its wall to provide shade, an austere living room with bits of an exterior spread throughout the courtyard, a roof of painted untreated wood and bedrooms painted in bold colours.

: ground plan

: elevations

10 comments »

musser says:

I would really love to have seen a few interior photos.

# January 1, 2009 at 09:57

Contemporary Art says:

I agree with musser. But even without them, I can tell this house is gorgeous. The photographer was very smart to wait for cloud cover; this house has a mystery that is very compelling. Those trees in the courtyard are stunning.
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# January 1, 2009 at 13:06

fino says:

very poetic and site specific in the most honest way. bravo.

That is all.

# January 1, 2009 at 16:52

atelier_mr says:

Compelling, though I only wonder about the deep Miesian beam framing between the courtyard and the tree. A beam the depth of the framing above the windows would have sufficed, unless of course it does something else. Doubtful.
Just a thought. Still beautiful.

# January 2, 2009 at 00:33

ENRIQUE says: