House Nº1 in Curacavi
HOUSE Nº1 IN CURACAVI
Felipe Combeau + Pablo Alfaro
ARCHITECTS
Felipe Combeau , Pablo Alfaro
MANUFACTURERS
Arauco, CHC, Cintac®, Iberica, Italinnea, Tecpro
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Juan Espinosa
DESIGN TEAM
Felipe Combeau, Pablo Alfaro
MAIN CONTRACTOR
Daniel Matte Larrain
ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Felipe Combeau
PHOTOGRAPHS
Felipe Combeau
AREA
202 m²
YEAR
2012
LOCATION
Curacaví, chile
CATEGORY
House
POSITION
The first step was to take a strategic position of the site and set up a landmark that could dominate the hilly and shrubby landscape.
It is a 14x14 m square that contains the entire program in a single level.
PASS
The second step was to create a pass through the square in order to establish a clear way to enter and exit the house and internally separate the public areas from the private ones.
This operation allows the box to break and make the outside enough permeable.
REACTION
The pass operation introduces two additional axis systems to the original square, which guide the internal organization of the program following a centrifugal composition.
In this way each room opens to a different space: distant views, sunny terraces, shaded terraces, proximity to native vegetation, outlook to the valley, etc.
This centrifuge pattern also allows the wind to flow freely through the house in summer, so under the protection of the concrete slab, inhabitants can survive the intense heat of the season without the need of air conditioning.
STEREOTOMIC
The entire house is made with a single structural system:
double masonry walls made of handicraft bricks and a concrete slab for cover.
Therefore, the conception of the project through a traditional, economical and solid construction system, strongly provides inertia in terms of gravity (earthquakes), weather and time.
