Chilean architecture studio Croxatto and Opazo Architects has created a holiday home outside of Santiago with a rotated, wedge-shaped terrace at its front.
At just 22 feet by 22 feet (7 metres by 7 metres) and 16 feet (5.5 metres) high, the cube-shaped Casa Lagunita contains a kitchen, living and dining room, two bathrooms and two bedrooms across two levels.
Chilean architecture studio Croxatto and Opazo Architects has created a cube-shaped house outside of Santiago
Located on a hilly site in Laguna Zapalla two hours outside of Santiago, Croxatto and Opazo Architects integrated the house into a 25-degree slope by splitting the program into three "platforms".
"The project's approach aims to make full use of the terrain by dividing the entire surface into three main platforms, contained by two concrete walls that shape and support the hillside," said the team. The house is located on a hilly site
The first platform contains parking spaces, which are located on ground level and face the structure's concrete foundation.
An exterior wooden staircase leads to a second platform that supports the house.
The entrance was placed on the side of the structure, and visitors enter the first-floor living and dining area, which also contains a kitchen running along the far side.
The team took advantage of its slope by dividing the design into three platforms
A bathroom was tucked into a corner of the space, facing a steep wooden staircase that leads to the house's top-f...