Pachacamac House
Pachacamac House
Longhi Architects
ARCHITECTS
Longhi Architects
AREA
5000 m²
YEAR
2008
LOCATION
Pachacamac, Peru
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
A hill in Pachacamac, located 40 km south of Lima near Peru's coast, is the site for the retirement home of a philosopher.
The response to the site's conditions was to bury the house, trying to create a balanced dialogue between architecture and landscape, where inside / outside becomes a constant interpretation of materiality with strong sense of protection and appreciation of the dark and the light.
A glass box sticks out of the hill symbolizing architectural intervention on untouched nature.
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