A concrete podium topped with a sculptural, glazed volume forms Casa S, a cliffside Chilean house by architecture firms Gubbins Polidura Arquitectos and Más Arquitectos.
The project is located in Punta Pite, a community that sits between the beach towns of Zapallar and Papudo on the Chilean coast. As indicated by its name ? punta is Spanish for tip ? the site juts out into the sea.
Casa S sits on a clifftop that juts out to sea
Santiago firms Gubbins Polidura Arquitectos and Más Arquitectos were tasked with designing a second home for a couple with three children.
Their design was heavily influenced by the client?s unique property, which is almost 100 metres long and has a steep, rocky drop of 20 metres.
The structure is shaped like an amoeba "One of the main objectives of the project was to create a horizontal plane ? a large podium that allows for habitation and highlights the strength of the landscape, the view of the sea and the sunset," the team said.
The two-level Casa S consists of a V-shaped, concrete podium topped with a glazed, amoeba-shaped volume.
The house is embedded into the site
The podium is embedded in the site, making it barely visible from certain vantage points.
"This reduces the image of a large house in the landscape," the team said. "When you are in the pavilion on the upper floor, the rest of the house disappears."
Casa S features views of the surrounding coastline
Within the 420-square-metre dwelling, there is a cle...