Sebastian Irarrazaval Architects

La Reserva House

Glazed upper-level room framed by a dark rectangular volume, with a mountain behind the house.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval
View of the house among dry grasses, with a projecting glazed room and hillside beyond.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval

LA RESERVA HOUSE

Sebastián Irarrazaval

AREA
140.0 m2

YEAR 
2006

LOCATION
Colina, Chile

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

It is a low-cost housing, 140 m2, to be sold and repeated in many places as concerned people exist.

Steel-clad house set against a wide valley and distant mountains.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval
La Reserva House with projecting steel-clad volumes and glazed openings.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval

In this regard it relates to the idea of the container since it has no place.

With the purpose of reducing construction time, geometry is simple and the construction system is on prefabricated basis.

Open folding doors connect a timber deck to the interior, between broad steel-clad wall panels.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval
Narrow interior passage with a glazed door opening toward an exterior walkway and steps.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval
Bright upper-level room opening onto a balcony with a mountain view.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval

Its arrangement is a cross shaped where, in order to embrace the nearby landscape, public areas are placed in second level in a 4 meters high cube.

This severe volume is covered with steel plates that create a double facade that gets hot and therefore increases ventilation of the space in between , refreshing the inner side of the wall

With regard to materials, the building recognizes the inherent uncertainty and inevitability of weathering as a continuation of the building process rather than as a force antagonistic to it.

Close view of a projecting upper volume clad in weathered steel plates.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval


A child sits on a ledge beside a steel-clad wall and timber-lined interior.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval
Sunlight falls across a concrete courtyard wall beside the red steel-clad house.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval
Close-up of a steel frame and roof edge against a cloudy sky.
© Sebastián Irarrazaval


Ground-floor plan showing the house layout and surrounding outdoor areas.
Planta Primer
Second-floor plan showing rooms, circulation, and the stair.


Roof plan showing the roof layout, stairs, and parking spaces.
Planta

Site plan locating the house, outdoor areas, and parking on the plot.


Architectural elevations and section drawings showing the house’s exterior on a sloping site.
Two transverse sections show the stair and the house set into a sloping site.
Two transverse sections show the upper living space above the lower level.


Building section and elevation drawings show glazed openings and the house’s relationship to the sloping ground.
Two building sections show the house’s interior layout and exterior elevations.

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