Aladino House | Iván Bravo Arquitectos
Puerto Varas / Chile / 2021
Casa Aladino can be understood as the articulation between two architectures: Residential and utilitarian; contemporary and rural; contrast and mimesis. Both expressed in a single element of monumental character perched over the landscape.
The house is located in a clear stretch between trees in the south of Chile. It is built over posts which separate it almost a meter from the ground, allowing the flow of streams that run towards a lagoon located in front of the main facade. Its perfectly triangular geometry, in juxtaposition to the wilderness, emphasizes the contrast between nature and man-made.
The building’s program is shared in equal halves between the reception and storage area of a private park on one side; and the home for Aladino, the park ranger, on the other.
The project’s geometry determines that every space shall have an identical section and that the circulation shall occur in the same manner: through a series of central doorways from one extreme to the other. The absence of a corridor eliminates hierarchical spaces and reveals every corner of the building as it is explored.
The interior spaces are differentiated between them by the combination of a limited color and texture palette. The materials that comprise the construction are dismembered one by one throughout the length of the house until revealing every element, every joint, every detail. In the exterior, the project debates between the presence of a thirty-meter building throughout the silence of a neutral and monochrome facade, with practically no openings, that reminds us of the original larch shake barns of the area.
The structural system employed is expressed as much in the interior as on the exterior of the project and consists of a single dimensional lumber section at 60cm on center. Transversal beams every two modules defines the scale of each space as well as the mezzanines. The unchangeable nature of this system eliminates the need for walls and creates an interior space by two roof planes that support each other, elongating the height of the house to give space to the habitable.
Credits
Architecture Firm: Iván Bravo Architects
Lead Architects: Iván Bravo
Photography: Marcos Zegers - www.marcoszegers.cl
Collaborator: Martín Rojas
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Casa Aladino puede entenderse como una articulación entre dos arquitecturas: una residencial y una utilitaria; una contemporánea y una rural; contraste y mímesis. Ambas expresadas en único elemento de carácter monumental posado en el paisaje.
La casa se ubica en un claro entre los árboles, sobre pilotes que la despegan del piso casi 1 metro y que permiten mantener los cauces fluviales del lugar que corren hacia una pequeña laguna frente a la fachada principal. La forma perfectamente triangular contrasta con lo silvestre del entorno para destacar lo natural y separarlo de lo construido.
Su programa comparte, en exactas dos mitades, la recepción y bodega de un parque residencial en el sur de Chile, con la vivienda del cuidador de este campo: Aladino. La geometría de la obra define que todos los recintos interiores tengan una sección idéntica y se circulen de la misma manera: a través de una serie de puertas centrales que recorren de extremo a extremo cada recinto y, por tanto, el proyecto completo. La inexistencia de un pasillo elimina cualquier posible jerarquía y desnuda cada rincón de la obra a quien la recorre.
En el interior, los espacios se diferencian entre si por distintas combinaciones de una limitada paleta de colores y texturas. Los materiales que componen la construcción se desmiembran uno a uno en la extensión de la casa –como si de una disección se tratara– hasta dejar ver cada elemento, cada unión, cada detalle. En el exterior, la obra se debate entre la presencia de una barra de treinta metros de largo y el silencio de una fachada neutra y monocroma, prácticamente sin perforaciones, que recuerda a los galpones de tejuelas de alerce originales de la zona.
El sistema estructural empleado se expresa tanto al interior como al exterior de la obra y se compone por un único elemento de madera bruta y húmeda que se repite invariablemente cada 60cm. Una viga transversal cada dos módulos define la escala de cada recinto y la existencia de altillos. Lo irreductible de este sistema permite prescindir de muros y conformar el interior solo a partir de dos planos de techo apoyados entre si, elongando la altura de la casa para dar espacio a lo habitable.
Casa Aladino can be understood as the articulation between two architectures: Residential and utilitarian; contemporary and rural; contrast and mimesis. Both expressed in a single element of monumental character perched over the landscape. The house is located in a clear stretch between trees in the south of Chile. It is built over posts which separate it almost a meter from the ground, allowing the flow of streams that run towards a lagoon located in front of the main facade. Its perfectly...
- Year 2021
- Work finished in 2021
- Client Parque Pudú
- Status Completed works
- Type Single-family residence / Interior Design
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