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CyD House
Contemporary Peruvian Residence, South American Home ? design by V.Oid architects
4 Nov 2016
Casa Seta in Lima
Design: V.Oid, architects
Location: Chaclacayo, Lima, Perú
New House in Chaclacayo, Lima
The project is a 470sqm summer home in the Los Cóndores Country Club of Chaclacayo, north of Lima.

The site measures approximately 2500sqm, presenting an irregular geometry and steep inclines, the most dramatic of which is a land depression rife with obsolete cisterns.

To best reintegrate the unoccupied area of the lot ? its main asset ? the architects pushed the house up against the adjacent hill?s steepest front in order consolidate the spaces before and below its line of vision.
Using a very strong symmetry, the house?s shape consists of two V-shaped wings that adjust to the terrain?s perimeter, maximizing the flat garden area in the front.

The entrance is at the far left. A lengthwise, partly-covered gallery runs along the house, integrating all its social areas, namely, the vestibule, the living and dining rooms, the kitchen and the terrace.

The second story holds the private areas: on the left wing are the children?s quarters; on the right is a family porch and, at the center ?capping the volume with the greatest hierarchical importance? lies the master bedroom, with a privileged view of the valley.

The house was commissioned by a patron whose passion for wood pus...