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Key House / Lezaeta Lavanchy + Esteban Arteaga

Valentina Díaz — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000

"The regional character is a property of any authentic architecture." — Christian Norberg-Schulz

The Arboreto House / Camila Pineda Arquitectura

Valentina Díaz — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000

The concept behind Casa El Arboreto arises from the desire to create an introspective space that remains connected to the surrounding nature, immersed in a forest of Arrayanes and Melíes. The challenge was to find a harmonious balance between the lush landscape and everyday domestic spaces. This balance is achieved through the use of galleries, an architectural resource deeply rooted in Chilean tradition. The galleries allow the diffused natural light filtering through the trees to enter the interior spaces, transforming the home into a showcase of the natural environment; a space that generates feelings of contemplation and refuge.

House in the Forest / Daiber & Aceituno Arquitectos

Paula Pintos — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Located within a dense forest in southern Chile, near Puerto Varas, this residential project takes shape as a compact volume elevated on arched foundations that help minimize contact with the ground while emphasizing the intersection between two dissimilar horizontal planes.

Cero House / Estudio Sur Arquitectos

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Casa Cero is located in southern Chile, nestled within a dense forest of abundant vegetation in the city of Puerto Varas. The brief was to design and build an economical home of 120 m², using only a small clearing in the land and interfering with the natural environment as little as possible.

Aladino House / Iván Bravo Arquitectos

Andreas Luco — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Casa Aladino can be understood as the articulation between two architectures: Residential and utilitarian; contemporary and rural; contrast and mimesis. Both are expressed in a single element of monumental character perched over the landscape.

TF House / Cristián Romero Valente

Benjamin Zapico — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 02:00:00 +0000

Casa TF is a single-family home located in southern Chile, Los Lagos region, Puerto Varas commune.

House MiniDV / Viento Norte

Valeria Silva — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000

The Casa MiniDV is a rural architectural work that stands out for its functionality, compact design, and fast construction. The project was designed by architects from Viento Norte, who sought to integrate the house harmoniously and respectfully into its natural environment.

Casa Cumbre / Viento Norte

Benjamin Zapico — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000

"Casa Cumbre" is a housing project that aims to reinterpret rural living by combining natural beauty with modern sophistication and comfort. Located in the town of Las Quemas, near Puerto Varas, it seeks a flexible design that can adapt to different types of spaces and uses.

House 4 Aguas / Viento Norte

Andreas Luco — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Casa 4 Aguas is a single-family house located in the rural sector of Puerto Varas. The lot has a pronounced hill, which at its highest point reaches a view of the Calbuco volcano and Lake Llanquihue. The project adapts to the slope and seizes the views of the lake and volcano.

Ridge House / Estudio Diagonal

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Looking for new ways to traditional barn-house is one of the most common exercises in contemporary architecture practice, and even one of the most applied in the south of Chile.

Keepex Corporate Building / LAGAR Arquitectos

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Located on the outskirts of the city of Puerto Varas, on the edge of the Maullín River, an aquatic biological corridor recognized for its rich biodiversity that receives native and migrating species, the Keepex building emerges as both a challenge and an opportunity to develop a positive relationship between the culture of the company and its environment.

Puerto Varas School Kindergarten / LAGAR Arquitectos

Andreas Luco — Mon, 16 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The Puerto Varas School was created in 1996, located on the outskirts of the city of the same name, on an elevated place, with hills and wide views of the fields, (on the horizon the Andes Mountain range, and below the city of Puerto Varas). Over the years it was surrounded by new real estate housing and equipment projects. However, it remains in its formative seal, the experience of living immersed in its macro context, aware of the community, the climate, and the nature that surrounds it.

Volcano House / Pilar Beltrán + Br-arquitectos

Valeria Silva — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 06:00:00 +0000

The project is located on the road to the city of Puerto Varas, on lake Llanquihue’s watershed, near the active volcanos Calbuco and Osorno. The extremely rainy weather conditions were taken into consideration when designing the structure to include wind waterproofing and sunlight protection as a base of the design.

Vodanovic House / Duarte Fournies Arquitectos

Andreas Luco — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000

The Project is located in the south of Chile next to the road that connects Puerto Varas with Ensenada, at the slopes of the Calbuco volcano, where you can find panoramic views of the Llanquihue lake and Osorno volcano. The request involved the design and construction of a low budget house with two bedrooms, living room, kitchen and dining room within 90 square meter in total. Before the client contacted our firm, he analyzed the cost of local prefabricated houses. In that context, the main goal was to design with a limited budget.

Recycling Three Heritage Houses / Moraga-Höpfner Arquitectos

Valeria Silva — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Waiting for more than ten years to be rebuilt, remained these three dismantled houses, that where part of the main axis of the heritage area of the city of Puerto Varas, in southern Chile.

El Sitio Restaurant / Estudio Alinea + Cristóbal Lamarca

Andreas Luco — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:00:00 +0000

Restaurant located in Ensenada, Puerto Varas, south of Chile. Within a wooded area on the shores of Lake Llanquihue, this building is conceived as the founding project of a master plan with mainly tourist purposes, which covers the entire plot of two hectares. Being the main objective of the territorial organization, the opportunity to offer the visitant to recognize the different parts of the landscape; the lake shore, the beach, the riverbank and the forest where the building is located.

Long House / María Laura Cristi + Tramarquitectura

Andreas Luco — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:00:00 +0000

‘Long, narrow house’ -atwo story house with a gabled roof and a plinth- is located on a hilly terrain overlooking lake Llanquihue and Osorno and Calbuco volcanoes. The married couple’s request included views predominance, sun exposure and interior areas’ versatility and spaciousness, besides the possibility of incorporating recycled native materials and elements with more than one century of age that the owners collected for years in order to incorporate them into their future home. Work was done along with the female owner -an artist-, with whom the interior design and home distribution were shaped. This is the origin of this eclectic work intimately linked to the tradition of the area, the landscape and the owners’ creativity and drive.

BJ House / Estudio Alinea + Cristóbal Lamarca

Andreas Luco — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Residential house located in Puerto Varas southern Chile. With a rainy oceanic climate with high rainfall, the main environmental strategies respond to promote indoor radiation during most of the year, protect the north facade, which is affected on rainy days by the prevailing North wind, and reduce the heat losses by conduction and convection, considering the low temperatures and humidity.