Estudio Guto Requena

RH House

RH House
© Jesus Letelier

RH House

Estudio Base Arquitectos

LOCATION
Chile

CATEGORY
House

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jesus Letelier

CONSTRUCTION
Construction Caper

MANUFACTURERS
Arauco, Cintac®, Pizarreño, Termopanel Windows, Tupemesa

YEAR
2013

RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier

The RH House is located around Puyehue Lake - X region, Region de los Lagos, at the south of Chile.

RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier

It is a place full of vegetation, with a great panoramic view of the Osorno, Puyehue and Puntiagudo Volcanoes.

From there we looked for the way to emphasize the panoramic views of the place, with large glass panels on its façade towards the woods, framing the Puyehue Volcano with a large window at the dining room, and the Osorno and Puntiagudo Volcanoes from the bedrooms.

RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier

The main requirements were to design a house for a numerous family, with wide spaces and well illuminated.

Since the weather is very variable during the day.

RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier

The house considers a second stage with three extra bedrooms and a terrace expansion, which complete the projected volume.

The program is divided into two "volumes" that intersect each other in a "T" shape.

RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier

With this we manage to rescue the views of the landscape and nature around in all its dimensions.

One of the volumes comprehends all the bedrooms in general, and in the other we can find services and public areas. .

RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier

The materiality used to construct this house are Volcometal (a mix of iron and zinc), covered with oregon pine wood dyed white.

Drawing on the resources of the area, demolition larch shingles were rescued as a coating for a wall in the living room, and on the exterior we used a dark dyed norway due to low maintenance costs and durability.

RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier

The design of the house was thought with the intention of maintaining the southern Chilean typical architecture elements such as: perimeter eaves, gabled roofs and wood as the main materiality; with a more contemporary look with simple lines.

RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier


RH House
© Jesus Letelier
RH House
© Jesus Letelier


RH House
Detail


RH House
North Elevation
RH House
South Elevation


RH House
Section
RH House
Section
RH House
Section
RH House
Section
RH House
Plan

Estudio Guto Requena
T +55 11 30812974
Estudio Guto Requena
R. Maj. Diogo, 91 - Bela Vista, São Paulo - SP, 01324-001, Brazil