Punta Chilen by Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados is a house extension on bright red-painted pine stilts overlooking the sea on the island of Chiloe in Chile.
The Santiago-based architecture studio designed the annexe as an open-plan living area and indoor barbeque spot for a house next to the mouth of the Chacao Channel.
The project sits on the Chilean island of Chiloe
Punta Chilen is named after the peninsula of land that the residential complex sits on.
A forest of slim pine columns painted a bright red colour support the raised extension, giving it views out over waters teeming with whales, orcas and dolphins.
The gabled structure sits on slim stilts painted red
The structure sits just above the high tide mark, so occupants can watch the sea coming in and out from the U-shaped upholstered window seats. Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados said that the grid of overlapping stilts are designed to recall the woven baskets, traditionally made from manila fibre, used to gather shellfish at low tide on the island.
Decks and ramps lead to the communal space
Punta Chilen's striking red exterior was chosen to make the structure stand out.
"The red tint on the exterior has to do with the lighthouses, the boat hulls and things that can be seen at a distance, red being a long-wavelength light frequency," the studio told Dezeen.
Pine is used for every surface
Punta Chilen has a gabled roof and walls made of windows held in red-painted frames. A network of raised de...