Chilean architecture office Hsu Gabriel Architects has completed a holiday home comprising a pair of timber-clad volumes, which are angled to make the most of the views towards a nearby lake.
The studio headed by architects Ian Hsü and Gabriel Rudolphy designed Split House as a second home for a family, who wanted separate spaces for the parents and their children.

The building is situated on the shores of Lake Rupanco in Chile's Los Lagos region, on a forested site with views towards the Osorno volcano.
The separation of the property into two distinct masses was a response to the need for segregation and the characteristics of the site.

"The proposed solution was two different volumes, for the adults and the youth," the architects said. "These are connected by a gallery that also provides the main access to the house." Another important criteria of the brief was that all living spaces should have views towards the lake and the volcano.

The narrow footprint of the plot did not allow both volumes to be positioned parallel to the water, so the architects separated and offset them in such a way that their vantages are unimpeded.
Both structures have a simple rectangular floor plan and two storeys, topped with folded roofs defined by ridges that runs from corner to corner.

The architects claimed that the geometric forms are a direct result of wrapping the internal spaces within the smallest possible external surface area.
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