San Damian house

San Damian house
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San Damian house

Daw

ARCHITECTS
Daw

AREA
1900 m²

YEAR
2008

LOCATION
Santiago, Chile

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

This project deals with the degrees of relationship between the exterior and interior as its main idea.

San Damian house
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San Damian house
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San Damian house
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Variated exterior spaces, defined by the geometries of the house are generated, and create patios and transition spaces with exterior capsules existing as the smallest unit of definitive interior space.

The second idea variable arises from the material in its capacity to be both a unit and a multiple as well as the generation of texture through repetition and large surface areas of wall and ground.

In this way the concrete is cast with perforations or undulations and the floor planes in stone or paving tiles laid out over the ground.

San Damian house
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San Damian house
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The shifting projection of shadow over these surfaces amplifies their quality.

Formally, the house is composed of three volumes differentiated by function: public, private, and service areas.

San Damian house
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San Damian house
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The circulation path, in the style of a promenade, begins at a ramp in the access patio, passing to an interior circulation whose double height gives structure to the constant relationship with the spaces and exteriors and generates a perception of transition through the different interior moments.


San Damian house
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San Damian house
© Daw
San Damian house
© Daw
San Damian house
© Daw
San Damian house
© Daw
San Damian house
© Daw
San Damian house
© Daw
San Damian house
© Daw


San Damian house
San Damian house


San Damian house
San Damian house
San Damian house


San Damian house
San Damian house


San Damian house
San Damian house


San Damian house
San Damian house
San Damian house