David Mutal

Poseidon House

Poseidon House
© Gonzalo Cáceres

POSEIDON HOUSE

David Mutal

ARCHITECTS
David Mutal

LOCATION
Pucusana District, Peru

CATEGORY
Houses

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Rogelio Llerena, Gabriela Zavaleta

MANUFACTURERS
Hansgrohe, Scarabeo, Comarsa, KERLITE

AREA
680 m2

 YEAR
2013

PHOTOGRAPHS
Gonzalo Cáceres

Text description provided by architect.

This house is located about 50km south of Lima. The proximity to the city makes the client seeing himself living permanently here in the near future, That made us think of a house on the beach for the winter and the summer assuming a relationship with the sea that could be or very expansive or rather withdrawn ; a more exterior or more interior experiences according to the time of year.

Poseidon House
© Gonzalo Cáceres
Poseidon House
© Gonzalo Cáceres

This duality is clearly visible in the presence of a more intimate garden opposite the view to the open ocean or an outdoor pool parallel to the horizon that intersects perpendicularly with a temperate inner pool which, becomes a winter cave with a more restricted view of the sea.

This duality and multiplicity are organized in a "promenade architecture" that connects all these spaces visually through a tour that runs throughout the house.

An access to the upper street bordering the forest gives way to a glass bridge when entering, where one sees the interior water two floors below or the marine horizon in front.

Poseidon House
© Gonzalo Cáceres
Poseidon House
© Gonzalo Cáceres

Then staircase goes down through the double height to the living room and the last staircase leads to the pool and the sauna gym below where a mobile bridge allows guests to enter their bedrooms.

The organization of the whole house responds to the separation and coexistence of the world of parents in the upper levels and the world of the children in the spaces below.

Unlike most buildings in the area, the garden is truly important and being born from the rock in the lower part, it extends the promenade to the level of the lower street.

Poseidon House
© Gonzalo Cáceres


Poseidon House
Ground Floor Plan
Poseidon House
First Floor Plan
Poseidon House
Second Floor Plan
Poseidon House
Rooftop Plan


Poseidon House
Axonometric
Poseidon House
Axonometric - Pool


Poseidon House
Section 1
Poseidon House
Section 2
Poseidon House
Section 3
Poseidon House
Section 4


Poseidon House
Sketch
Poseidon House
Sketch
Poseidon House
Sketch
Poseidon House
Sketch
Poseidon House
Sketch