Manifesto House / James & Mau, for Infiniski

Nov 2009

By David Basulto — Filed under: Houses , Selected , Sustainability , Chile, Containers, Infiniski, James and Mau, Prefabricated

Project: Infiniski Manifesto House
Architects: James & Mau
Location: Curacaví, Chile
Built Area: 160 m2 ( + 15 m2 terraces 2nd floor)
Landscaping: Infiniski
General Contractor and manager: Infiniski
Renewable strategy: Infiniski + Geotek
Project year: 2009
Execution Time: 90 days
Total Cost: 79.000 €
Photograph: Antonio Corcuera
Furniture: Cómodo Studio, gt_2P

Infiniski designs and builds eco-friendly houses and buildings based on the use of recycled, reused and non polluting materials and the integration of alternative and renewable energy. The Infiniski projects are designed by James&Mau – Architects and designers, Jaime Gaztelu and Mauricio Galeano, founders and partners of Infiniski. James & Mau offer Innovative and contemporary designs based on bioclimatic and modular architecture. Infiniski is not only green, it is cheaper and faster … it tries to think the values of architecture and construction differently; a contribution to the needs of our changing environment.

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

: © Antonio Corcuera

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21 comments »

M says:

Nice woman on the pics :)

# November 16, 2009 at 17:52

J. F. says:

chilean architecture is nice and well done but thats all, it is tendentious and with a big lack of character, this kind of houses seem to come more from a norweigian fiord instead from the place they are build.

# November 16, 2009 at 18:00

g dehls says:

what makes the this house/cottage eco-friendly ? all that I can see is some used pallets and a rainwater storage container on the roof there seems to be no insulation so heating it wouldn’t be very efficient.

# November 16, 2009 at 19:36

pappoqula says:

no need in Chile, not every house is in nothern hemisphere.

# November 16, 2009 at 21:55

Daniela says:

that’s a very good question, where’s the insulation. for your information pappoqula, houses in chile do need insulation, as a matter of fact, unless you have such a nice weather, with conditions that make the exterior temperature good enough for day&night/summer&winter comfort, you need insulation. and by the way, I’ve spent winters in curacavi(the place where this project is located) and let me tell you… it can be freezing cold.

in my opinion, this project is just “green”, meaning trendy and fashionable, but not bioclimatical at all.

# January 28, 2010 at 17:05

mic says:

i don’t get it, why is the house shown with two facades? no mention in the article, confusing.

# November 17, 2009 at 03:41

Dan says:

The two facades are two separate elevations. You can see this in the internal central staircase image. In response to ‘g dehis’ – it is also constructed from used shipping containers which would certainly reduce it’s embodied energy.

# November 17, 2009 at 04:49

if that was so, then the photos of one of the facades would be mirror reversed. but i believe its not this way, because the front window beneath the cantilevered part is always the same – the opening part on the left side… makes no sense

# November 17, 2009 at 04:58

Yes I hear you. Perhaps the photo was flipped? The image I referred to certainly shows two different cladding materials (crates and battens) to the flip up screens.

# November 17, 2009 at 05:03

David Basulto says:

The wooden skin can be changed thanks to a fixture system on the facade. The house is shown with the 2 options for the facade.

# November 17, 2009 at 08:10

CROFTdesign says:

Right, they must have simply changed the siding. I mean, those white crates are rather cheeky. The sustainable wood slats look much better, calmer.

# November 17, 2009 at 10:37

rick says:

adollable!

# November 17, 2009 at 06:30

anavic says:

what’s the point of the sheep?

# November 17, 2009 at 06:36

mario bijou says:

Il manque une vue, celle de la douche !

# November 17, 2009 at 07:50

Both photos of both facades are from the same point of view, I don’t understand it either…

# November 17, 2009 at 07:52

I.P Freely says:

The interior looks like a trailor house with mod furniture.

# November 17, 2009 at 08:27

leandro locsin says:

what does it suppose to manifest?

# November 17, 2009 at 08:59

filipe says:

more building, less models peoples!

# November 18, 2009 at 11:25

as says:

More models! less sterile architecture!

yummy yummy, im coming to bed in a sec honey!

lets all be fertile!

# November 23, 2009 at 17:05

Lucas says:

I’m tired of seeing this type of “cool”(?) architecture. In the end, behind a fancy name and a not-so-convincing “manifesto” there is only a really ugly house. A real shame considering the apparently amazing characteristics of the site.

# December 11, 2009 at 22:24

critique says: