Del Peumo House

Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla

DEL PEUMO HOUSE

WHALE!

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Branko Pavlovic, Luca Montanarella, Pablo Lobos

CONSTRUCTION
Whale! OV

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Casablanca, Chile

ARCHITECTS
WHALE!

AREA
127 m²

YEAR
2016

MANUFACTURERS
Arauco

Text description provided by architect.

In the beginning, a wooden house like a river stone, soft, smooth, and dry. Then as binoculars, as a device, a prism at the edge of the ravine, capable of catalyzing the approach to the edge.

From the street, a deaf volume, mute, only disturbed by a penumbra, by a nameless black.

Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla
Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla
Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla

Then the immensity of the interior landscape, the clarity of the east and the promise of new dawns.

In the middle of everything, an immaculate Peumo tree, unique on the site, adored by all, like a legendary totem.

Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla
Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla
Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla

Neither accident nor error, nor a success, remains uncomfortable and mannered fighting the north wind, wildlife, wood, and paint.

The project responds to the current needs of a second home, in this case with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a living, dining and kitchen space, as well as a covered terrace, joined to a patio.

Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla
Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla

Everything develops along with the tension of two similar volumes that barely touch each other, like two fishing boats that caress each other at dusk.

The layout in plan follows the concave inflection of the topography in relation to the landscape. The house is built in a system of traditional panels, anchored to a concrete plinth.

Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla


Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla
Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla
Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla
Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla
Del Peumo House
© Felipe Fontecilla


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Section B
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Section D
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Site Plan
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Floor Plan


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Model 1
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