Architects:SAA arquitectura + territorio

Area :150 m²

Year :2018

Photographs :Nicolás Saieh, Sergio Araneda

Architect In Charge : Sergio Araneda

Collaborators : Diego Alvarellos, Brigitte Woodward, Barbara Salazar

Construction : Pájaro Carpintero Ltda ( Araneda-Alvarellos)

City : Pichicuy

Country : Chile

The dock house is a second home located meters from the coastal área of Pichicuy, in Chile’s V Region.

The architectural concept is guided by the slope of the terrain, as well as by the wish to maintain the ocean’s horizon present throughout all rooms of the house. It was decided that the entire layout should be confined to one level, establishing a relation to the sea’s horizon by way of siting the house against the slope, like a dock.

This push back against the slope bestows visibility to the topography of the terrain, as well as the further-off geography of the coastal shorline, pre-cordillera mountain range and Pacific Ocean.