Chilean studio WMR Arquitectos has balanced a slanted picket home with open interiors on a hillside overlooking the ocean in Matanzas, Chile.
Often called Casa Ladera, the two,130-square foot (198-square metre) residence was accomplished in 2022 in La Vega de Pupuya alongside Chile’s central coast, which is understood for its excessive cliffs and windy local weather.
Fairly than sitting atop the cliffs like most neighbouring homes, Casa Ladera hangs onto a 45-degree slope on the south-facing website to realize an unobstructed view of the ocean and valley, whereas defending the house from wind.
WMR Arquitectos, which is predicated in Santiago, positioned the house to adapt itself to the pure terrain somewhat than altering the earth to suit the design.
“The 4 ranges of the home are constructed via a system of pillars and picket beams, making a structural material that expands from the topographic line,” the workforce instructed Dezeen.
“The skeleton of the home capabilities as a reticulated beam that rests on probably the most essential a part of the terrain.”
The dark-coloured, domestically grown pine exoskeleton serves as a body for the glass partitions that run in vertical bands alongside the home.
Smaller pure pine members kind the mullions and add repetition to the facade, whereas making a heat inside.
The house capabilities as a big staircase, cascading down the location, separated into steps and risers alongside the east quarter of the oblong home.
Strolling down from parking on the prime of the cliff, major entry is situated on the uphill facet of the third storey, which comprises a secondary bed room and loo.
A small central staircase leads as much as the angular fourth storey with a bed room, toilet, and TV room.
Stepping down from the entry, the household degree comprises the kitchen, eating and residing rooms. A terrace wraps across the southwestern facet, consuming over one-third of the ground plate.
Exterior the home’s enclosure, a split-level deck holds an outside seating space, fire, scorching tub and backyard.
The bottom storey comprises the first suite with a personal terrace and repair areas.
Due to the intense angle, most of the inside areas are double-height on one facet of the room and single-height on the opposite facet.
The supplies take up warmth and the constructing maximises the local weather for thermal controls. The home “doesn’t should be heated, since its transparency permits it to obtain solar all through the day and generate areas shielded from the chilly,” the workforce stated.
In the meantime, “opening the window generates pure air-con, as a result of the wind within the space is kind of chilly.”
WMR Arquitectos notes the placement of the home as each the most important problem and largest success of the challenge. Pouring the inspiration and getting the supplies to the location supplied issue and the workforce used a winch to hoist the construction into place, however the “radical location resolution leads to an architectural design impressed and tailored to its context.”
Close by in Matanzas, Raimundo Gutiérrez of ERRE Arquitectos additionally created a pine and glass truss home, however the single-storey residence bends horizontally round vegetation somewhat than conforming to the slope of a website.
The pictures is by Cristóbal Palma.
Undertaking credit:
Architects: WMR Arquitectos
Collaborators: Matteo Gargallo – Emilia Lavanchy
Engineer: Alberto Ramirez
Contractor: Florent Dromard
