Max Núñez Arquitectos

House on the road to Farellones

House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes

HOUSE ON THE ROAD TO FARELLONES

Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes

LOCATION
Santiago, Chile

CATEGORY
Houses

AREA
230.0 m2

YEAR
2006

Text description provided by architect.

The design proceeds from the particularities of the terrain, its slope, its vegetation, its views and the requirements of the client, a single man who permitted the architects to redefine the program of a single-family house and to turn it into a single-person one in a spot that allows him to get away from the city and to live in a close relationship with the landscape of the Andean foothills.

House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes

The topography is interrupted by an 8x36m horizontal plane running north-south against the slope.

The platform generates a stable and continuous surface area that includes a guest room, a patio, a pavilion, a terrace and a pool, which occupy its entire length.

House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes

The heavy surface of the patio, raised 70cm above the level of the platform, is defined by the base of a pre-existing hawthorn tree.

The pavilion is a glass enclosure beneath a light-weight roof, dark in color, an almost empty space from where the gaze traverses the glass in the direction of the foothills, the deep valley, the pines and the space immediately outside, taking in every field of vision the terrain offers.

House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes

The pavillion harnesses the sun but controls it by means of eaves and curtains. Two sliding windows, one in the north and the other in the south, enable the pavilion to be ventilated by making use of the wind that comes up through the valley.

Hanging over the slope, the terrace and the reflecting pool completely open up the landscape. The water reflects the light on the ceiling of the pavilion and keeps things fresh in the high summer temperatures.


House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes
House on the road to Farellones
© Max Nuñez + Bernardo Valdes


House on the road to Farellones
House on the road to Farellones
House on the road to Farellones


House on the road to Farellones
House on the road to Farellones
House on the road to Farellones
House on the road to Farellones

Max Núñez Arquitectos
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Max Núñez Arquitectos
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