梅特屋丨智利丨Juan Carlos Sabbagh Arquitectos

Architects:Juan Carlos Sabbagh Arquitectos

Area:5737ft²

Year:2021

Photographs:Nicolás Saieh

Manufacturers:Glasstech,Ingelam

Lead Architect:Juan Carlos Sabbagh Cruz

Interior Design:Trinidad Fernandez Cox

Structural Engineering:Sergio Contreras y Asociados , Victor Palma Gonzalez (Ing. a cargo)

Lightning:Monica Pérez y Asociados

Electricity And Weak Currents:ICG ingenieria Electrica

Sanitary Engineering:Nortem Ingenieria Integrada

Heating:Nortem Ingenieria Integrada

Program:Single family house

City:Lago Ranco

Country:Chile

Text description provided by the architects. The land is located on the shore of the Golfo Azul in Lake Ranco.It has an elongated shape that gives it a relatively perpendicular orientation to the lake.

In its upper part, it is densely populated with large native trees and has a transverse slope. As you move towards the lake, the density of the forest decreases and the slope increases and becomes longitudinal, falling sharply towards the beach.

This causes the land to be spatially divided into two different situations.In the upper part, which is where it is accessed, the land has greater intimacy and connection with the forest, while in the lower third, the steep slope opens the land to beautiful distant views and the space escapes with great dominance from the landscape.

Given the beauty of the forest, the first decision was to intervene as little as possible in the place. With this premise, there is a tree-free strip of approximately 6 meters that is also advantageously located in the direction of the contour lines. This free space is then used by projecting a narrow and long volume, which avoids cutting trees.

As if it were a fallen trunk, common in the southern forests, the project proposes a wooden bar suspended between the trees, used as a covering, the larch shingle, common in local constructions, which is left natural so that over time it takes on the characteristic gray color of the dry trunks and blends into the landscape.

This bar is located longitudinally to the land, taking advantage of its length, so that as you constantly walk through the house you experience the connection between this duality of the intimate forest versus the distant views.

The children's bedrooms, guest bedrooms, and more private living rooms are immersed in the intimacy of the forest while the master bedroom and living room are at the remote and suspended end, taking advantage of the best views.

In the transversal sense, the project proposes a single-span roof, which opens the space towards the northeast to receive the winter sun when the oaks shed their leaves and also allows us to perceive the height and verticality of the trees.

Programmatically, the house was designed to be able to be divided into two, so as to have the flexibility of using it completely when the whole family is there or in parts when fewer people use it.

Both sections have independent access and service areas that allow autonomous operation of the parts, which is very practical when two families share the same roof.

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