Reasonably, the view of the landscape became the house’s raison d'etre. The time lost however allowed us to get to know the couple much better, so by the end of the design phase the final project was tailor-made for them in a way that otherwise wouldn’t be possible. The program increase forced us to scrap any previous schemes we had fiddled with and start over. By then, the couple already had their first child and was expecting their second. Two years later the road was done and the pieces in place for the project to resume.
In the meanwhile, we were tasked with figuring out how to build a road on the hill without either destroying it or bankrupting the client. The clients were in no rush for the house to be built, so for a time the project was halted for them to put together the money for construction. Amazing unobstructed views of the Chicureo valley, however, made it more than worth the effort. On top of a steep hill, no road to reach it, with all the utilities’ network down below, the plot posed quite a challenge. They had fallen in love with the beautiful setting of a small community on the outskirts of Santiago.
Concrete, steel, glass, fibercement boards.Īt the beginning of 2012 a young couple approached our practice for a house.
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