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LaTruferaHouse

LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.

La Trufera House

Rodrigo Aguilar

ARCHITECTS
Rodrigo Aguilar

ENGINEERING
Mclb Ingeniería (Ginnia Moroni + Abraham Cea)

LOCATION
Rio Bueno, Chile

YEAR
2019

CATEGORY
Houses

PHOTOGRAPHS
Carmen Domínguez F.

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Rodrigo Aguilar P.

AREA
143 M²

MANUFACTURERS
Bticino, Infodema, Stretto, Volcanita

Text description provided by architect.

The house is located in the middle of a site of almost 4 hectares in southern Chile, planted with holm oaks for the cultivation of truffles.

LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.
LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.
LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.
LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.

The North and South facades, meanwhile, are covered with glass and oak, and consider the main openings of the house towards the surrounding landscape.

LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.
LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.

Starting from the acquisition of an old barn shed approximately 80 years old located near the property, the first challenge of the house was the reuse of the old noble woods of the shed to take advantage of them in the new house.

The North and South facades, meanwhile, are covered with glass and oak, and consider the main openings of the house towards the surrounding landscape.

LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.
LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.

Externally, the main volume of the house has been treated with a wooden structure and an enveloping skin for the roof.

And side walls from the recovery of galvanized steel sheets from the old barn, oxidized by the passage of time.

In this context, the first design definition is to project a monolithic volume with a gable roof, reinterpreting the structural typology of the shed, supported on two parallel walls of reinforced concrete.

That solve the slope of the land and allow for the configuration of the service spaces on the ground floor of the house: a parking lot, a woodshed and the connection stairs to the main floor.

LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.
LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.

The upper volume has been designed as a unitary space defined by a series of pillars, shoulders, diagonals and oak beams moved from the original barn, which trace a perimeter of circulation and a set of spaces that are divided into a day area.

Composed of the living room, dining room and kitchen; and a night area, consisting of a master bedroom, two bathrooms and a work space that can be transformed into a guest bedroom.

LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.
LaTruferaHouse
© Carmen Domínguez F.


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