BEACH REFUGE
Pablo Errázuriz
AREA
5000.0 m2
YEAR
2008
ARCHITECTS
Pablo Errázuriz
CATEGORY
Adaptive Reuse
LOCATION
Canela Baja, Chile
Text description provided by architect.
The refugee is located 260km at the north of Santiago. The challenge was to design a space with a reduced budget to spend short vacations. It had also to be safe and easy to maintain. The program consists of 3 elements:
- Container; a recovered container, cladded with corten steel plates with wooden boards painted white for the interiors, which include a bathroom and a kitchen.
The exterior has a wooden deck terrace with a steel structure on top of it with the same dimensions as the container (6x2.4m) that holds a PVC sheet for wall and ceiling when required.
- Tent yard; a small area marked by low stone walls with river sand, connected trough gravel footsteps.
- Water tower; acting as a warehouse and "engine room" on the first level, a bedroom on the 2nd level and a water tank on the 3rd level.
