CASA OCHO QUEBRADAS
Design Team:
Gabriel Cáceres, Daniel Lazo
Collaborators:
John Miller
Location:
Los Vilos, IV Region de Coquimbo / Chile
Built Area:
110 m2
Project Year:
2016
Materials:
Prefab Concrete, steel, glass.
Renders:
SCL
Description
Context.
Ochoalcubo, is an exceptional housing development on the coastal town of Los Vilos, designed by 16 internationally renowned architects from Japan and Chile. A second stage named Ochoquebradas has been launched, inviting emergent architecture practices.
Studio CL produced the 3X7 House project for this purpose.
Project.
The 3X7 house is an architectural exercise in economy. Not only in relation to the cost of the project but also, the use of resources and space. The 3X7 house is named after the number of times it repeats the same basic unit to produce it. The unit is a prefabricated reinforced concrete casket, an ordinary, uninteresting element commonly used in infrastructure of all kinds (bridges, canals, etc.). Nevertheless, it boasts a generous interior (an inner section of 3m by 3m and 1.5 m depth). 3 naves, units long, placed side-by-side, make a 110 sqm house. Each nave is divided differently so as to organize the program. While the side naves contain the bedrooms and bathrooms, the central nave houses the public spaces - living, dining, and kitchen - in one integrated continuous space. This nave also connects with each different room. Perforations in the concrete structure, give direct access to each space, eliminating the need for aisles and maximizing the useful floor area of the house. Both floor and the walls exposed to the elements are internally lined to improve thermal comfort, as well as to hide utilities. A concrete rooftop terrace tops the house, adding an extra space while protecting the roof insulation.
