
Lira House
ARCHITECTS
Sebastián Irarrazaval
YEAR
2006
LOCATION
Santiago, Chile
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
The house is organized around three events: Firstly, a patio over street level, secondly, a promenade composed of ramps and staircases that lead from the parking to the roof garden and thirdly, a perimeter wall that defines the domesticated territory of the house.
Its interior space is characterized by the colonization of elements such as:
the oblique pillars which endure the horizontal force of possible earthquakes, the prefabricated skylights which introduce light to the deepest part of the house and the ramps.
The plan is L shaped with public and private areas in each segment.
Regarding the expression of the house, it offers a silent facade to the street, which is no more than the simple echo of the wall that confines the small patio of the sleeping rooms.
This elongated patio works as a filter towards the noisy movement of cars that pass tangent to the site.
Finally, a variety of mobile elements allow for the integration or segregation of different spaces at will.
