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Architects: Nicolás del Rio / Max Núñez Location: Las Condes, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile Architects: Nicolás del Rio, Max Núñez Associate Architect: Felipe Camus Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Erieta Attali
Project Area: 700 sqm Reckoner: Mauricio Ahumada Landscaper: Teodoro Fernández Lighting : Douglas Leonard
The project is located in the suburban foothills of Santiago at 880 meters above sea level. It’s on a corner site of 1,500 m2 facing northwest.
The number of meters built, which were requested as part of the brief, covered almost half the area of the site.
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The different zones of this relatively conventional program are visually related to each other, to shorten the physical distance between and encourage greater interaction among inhabitants.
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On the outside, the house has a more severe look, with more controlled framing and views to block the gaze of neighbors and the noise from nearby streets.
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The house has 3 exceptional elements: a shady patio of 10 x 10 meters, a beam bridge suspended over the patio, and a palatial entrance hall where the main staircase is located.
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The choice of using concrete, with identical details for the interior and exterior of the house, gives the project a coherence that homogenizes the diversity of volumes and spaces. Thus, it emphasizes the structure and the contrast between open and opaque facades.
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All the spaces of the house are arranged around the central 10 x 10 patio. The house has two floors; the common spaces are located on the first floor and the private spaces on the second floor.
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Looking from the house to the city, 800 meters to the northwest, you can see the Chapel of the Benedictine Monastery of the neighborhood of Las Condes.
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