Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo

Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Interior Photography, Glass, ConcreteOyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Interior Photography, Glass, ConcreteOyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Exterior Photography, Glass, Concrete, ColumnOyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Interior Photography, Wood, GlassOyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - More Images+ 34

  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3519 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Diego Opazo
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  GRAPHISOFT, Technal, Saloni, Arkoslight, Ideal Standard, LOSAN, Tres
Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Exterior Photography, Concrete, Facade
© Diego Opazo

Text description provided by the architects. When I first met Carolina and her husband Carlos we spoke about three fundamental and unique attributes she dreamt of her house: a stone wall, an olive tree and on the top of everything, no big windows.

Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Exterior Photography, Concrete, Brick
© Diego Opazo
Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Image 34 of 39
Distribution and furniture plan

She was kind of afraid of raising her sons in a home excessively exposed, fearing an intrusion.  The property was around 1500 sqm but she definitely wanted a safe house.

Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Exterior Photography, Glass
© Diego Opazo
Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Exterior Photography, Glass, Concrete
© Diego Opazo

The oyster house is how that home is affectionately known, born over its owners wills. The bivalve was, from the first drawings, the best metaphor of the house: an introverted piece, with a rough envelope of small tears -the windows- and a silky interior, iridescent and full of a playful bathing light. Thus the large circular courtyard comes out as the pearl protected by its powerful shell.

Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Image 35 of 39
Sections

All spaces are related to a large glazed void housing the pool and a small interior garden, and whose roof is modulated according to the solar orbit, favoring the direct entry of sun in winter, and protecting itself from its strong rays in summer. Licking this glass runs an ambulatory lined in oak dotted with discrete doors that give access to each of the rooms and bathrooms of family members.

Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Interior Photography, Glass
© Diego Opazo
Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo - Interior Photography, Glass
© Diego Opazo

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Cite: "Oyster House / Ana Lozano Portillo" [Casa ostra / Ana Lozano Portillo] 06 Jan 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/931227/oyster-house-ana-lozano-portillo> ISSN 0719-8884

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