Pezo von Ellrichshausen

Gago House

Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

GAGO HOUSE

Pezo Von Ellrichshausen

COLLABORATORS
Diogo Porto, Constanza Collao, Martina Baratta, Linda Werab

BUILDING SERVICES
Marcelo Valenzuela, Carlos Martinez

CLIENT
Gabriel Gatica

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Mauricio Pezo, Sofia Von Ellrichshausen

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
Luis Mendieta

BUILDER
Aroldo Carrasco

AREA
241 M²

SITE AREA
415 M2

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
San Pedro De La Paz, Chile

CATEGORY
Houses

Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

In the middle of a recently populated suburban area which could be anywhere, this house for a couple of engineers and their two children has a square floor plan divided into asymmetrical quadrants that spiral up to a height of four storeys.

Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

Four steps (which add 70 cm in height) separate one quadrant from the next.

Installed at the intersection of the habitable walls that divide the interior is a spiral staircase with a central stairwell, regular steps and no landings.

To move between one enclosed space and the next there are two routes: the stairs, which function as a diagonal short cut that intersects the corners, and another gentler one that connects the centers of each enclosed space.

Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

In total there are twelve platforms at different levels, in which a rotation of 360 degrees is equivalent to a whole floor.

The ascending sequence establishes varying degrees of intimacy and proximity between the different domestic functions, which extend from the kitchen or a couple of dining rooms at the ground level to the bedrooms or the study in the top part of the house.

This stratification leads to the activation of certain rooms according to the time of day and a sort of family interaction throughout the central void.

Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

Except for the base, which contains the earth of the back garden, this wooden house is supported on the central staircase, a robust entity of folded slabs and four reinforced concrete columns that rise through the entire height of the volume.

At its base, the center of the staircase coincides with the diagonal entrance to the house.

Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Gago House
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

The massive presence of this composite, disproportionate column is contained by an almost provisional scaffolding of beams and columns of treated wood faced with paneling on both sides.

The outer façade is lined with a ventilated sheet of boards and lightly framed glass panels.

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Pezo von Ellrichshausen
M +56 9 92776645
Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Santa Lucia Alto S/N, Casilla 6 3920000, Yungay, Chile