Carvajal Casariego + Riesco Rivera Architects

Noguera House

Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld

NOGUERA HOUSE

Riesco+Rivera arquitectos

ARCHITECTS
Riesco + Rivera Arquitectos Asociados

COLLABORATOR
Francisco Adriasola C.

CONSTRUCTION
TDR

PHOTOGRAPHS
Aryeh Kornfeld

SITE AREA
1.277,88 m2

BUILT AREA
139,8 m2 + terraces

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
Las Condes, Chile

CATEGORY
Houses, Houses Interiors

Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld

Text description provided by architect.

The commission consisted of a simple program: a space for various public activities in the house:

living, working, and eating, in addition to integrating an exhibition area for pre-Columbian artworks, with an independent kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms.

The main difficulty was to achieve a quality space for the owner, who was used to living in large areas, and was building a detached house for a new period of life.

Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld
Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld

The site was an old plot with houses and existing park, subdivided among the children, leaving a remnant where the new house would be located, with access and parking for the entire site, disrupting as minimum as possible the trees and vegetation.

These conditions combined with the views and sunlight, define clear relations with the outside, which were conditioned and defined. The south and west facades should be closed, the former due to regulations and the latter due to the parking area.

Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld
Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld

To continue to maintain the visual relationship with the park, we opted for a second level connected through a ramp, which seeks to predict an uncertain future and allows easy access to the library wall.

The house is configures as 2 rectangles turned on the first and second floors.

Looking for the best visual and sunlight orientations, these are connected through a double height and the ramp-library.

Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld
Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld
Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld

This turn generates intermediate spaces, which on one side give privacy to the various uses, exposing the pre-Columbian figures, concentrating in one space the entire public space required.

Outside, through these walls and turns, 5 courtyards of different qualities are built, creating openings and closings that condition the relationship with the outside and the existing landscape.

Noguera House
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Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld
Noguera House
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Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld
Noguera House
© Aryeh Kornfeld


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East Elevation
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West Elevation
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South Elevation
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North Elevation


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Section 1
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Section 2
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Section 3
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Isometric


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Plan 1
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Plan 2
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Plan 3
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Roof Plan

Carvajal Casariego + Riesco Rivera Architects
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