HG House is a house on the beach for my parents, for them it was very important that the house could receive all the family and guests and also to function at a reduced size when they were alone.

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Architects: Cristian Hrdalo

Location: Cachagua, Zapallar, Región de Valparaíso, Chile

Architect In Charge: Cristian Hrdalo

Area: 350.0 sqm

Project Year: 2010

Photographs: Nico Saieh, Courtesy of Cristian Hrdalo

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From the architect. HG House is a house on the beach for my parents, for them it was very important that the house could receive all the family and guests and also to function at a reduced size when they were alone.
Plan 1

?When an architect design for a relative, there is some experimental freedom, but then the next commission you must validate your work through the client."

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Section

Under these conditions the house was conceived as the interaction between three volumetric elements: the guest?s area, service area and the master bedroom, then the gaps between these opaque and private elements accommodate the public areas such as the living room, dining room which generate the connection to the outside. The volume that hosts the guests can be closed off when the owners are alone.

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