Swiss structure studio Emergentes Architectures Sàrl designed a linear seashore home with inclined concrete columns and wooden cladding on the coast of Chile.
Accomplished in 2024, the 220 sq. meter (2,370 sq. foot) Dreal house is positioned on a gently sloping zero.25 acre lot in Playa Hermosa.
Emergentes Architectures Sàrl, based mostly in Lausanne, Switzerland, designed the trapezoidal home to be sheltered from its neighbors on three sides and utterly open to the Pacific Ocean on the opposite.
The load-bearing construction, with its vertical sq. columns rotated 45 levels and diagonal strengthened concrete columns, “is the figuring out expression of the home and on the similar time the one which organizes it spatially”, the workforce advised Dezeen.
The outer columns and 4 central braces assist a strengthened concrete slab that serves because the roof and higher terrace, whereas leaving the principle stage open and versatile.
The ocean-facing facade consists of floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doorways in slim white frames.
In distinction, the east facade is a dense barrier to its neighbors, with darkish wooden planking closing off many of the wall, save for a linear sash window that runs the size of the home and a light-weight wooden door within the heart of the plan.
A charcoal grey picket parapet runs alongside the lengthy facades forming an apron across the terrace which turns into a cover alongside each side. The regionally sourced wooden was chosen after “contemplating the weather conditions of the world”.
In the meantime, the shorter sides of the home “current a composition of 'blind facades', to guard in opposition to the winds and rains of the world”.
They’re clad with darkish wooden planks in a number of sizes, however every block a slim window and are lower with a butterfly profile within the parapet.
Internally, the areas kind a collection of canteens that home the slated east facade, which is thickened to accommodate storage alongside the size of the plan, and face the glazed wall going through the ocean.
A pair of bedrooms are positioned at one finish of the plan, with a 3rd on the different finish, whereas the communal kitchen, eating and dwelling areas have been positioned within the centre.
“Sliding doorways and movable panels permit us to configure the area in line with wants and actions, creating versatile and modular areas, permitting simultaneous actions inside the home, however with their very own independence,” stated the workforce.
The inside contains a polished concrete ground for sturdiness and simple upkeep, gentle wooden partitions with diagonally oriented planks, and pale matte grey cupboards with washable surfaces.
A single diamond-shaped column within the heart of the airplane was encased in mirrors.
A slim whitewashed staircase gives entry to an higher terrace with sea views and a sheltered spot for eating and lounging.
The quantity and compact supplies of the home management photo voltaic radiation, scale back thermal bridging and promote air flow and pure lighting.
“On the outside, as on the inside, a brand new story is being constructed with a steady path that emerges from the road after which wraps across the total home,” the workforce stated.
In the meantime, biomass heating, photovoltaic panels, energy-saving lighting and a water restoration system contribute to the home's Swiss MINERGIE certification.
Different just lately accomplished homes alongside the Chilean coast embody a picket home balanced on a cliff by WMR Arquitectos and a blocked black picket home with a cargo web serving as a second ground by Stanaćev Granados.
The picture is by Marcos Zegers.
Undertaking credit:
Structure: Rising Architectures Sàrl
Power certification: Claudio Riquelme, Architect EPF – REG A – MINERGIE skilled
Drawings: Rising Architectures Sàrl
Inside design and lighting: Rising Architectures Sàrl
Structural Engineer: Tomas Yanez
Development: Laarq Architects