Although the owners already had a house in nearby Lomas Blancas, they were looking for a place where they could build something more private and away from the public?s eye. After a while searching they found, near the locality of Cachagua, a sloped piece of land located in the midst of a eucalyptus forest. It possessed the perfect qualities to attain such intimacy.

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Architects: Alfredo Comandari

Location: Zapallar, Zapallar, Valparaiso, Chile

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Vicente García M.

Contracter: Leonardo Lazo

Decoration: Juan Pablo Larraín

Collaborators: Estudio Paula Gutiérrez

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From the architect. Although the owners already had a house in nearby Lomas Blancas, they were looking for a place where they could build something more private and away from the public?s eye. After a while searching they found, near the locality of Cachagua, a sloped piece of land located in the midst of a eucalyptus forest. It possessed the perfect qualities to attain such intimacy.

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In this regard, after getting to know the place and request, the first intention was to separate the house?s different areas in a way that allowed us to maintain the intimacy of each space and to reduce the impact on the surrounding forest, ...