This house in Matanzas is situated at the top of a cliff, 65mts. approximately above sea level.

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Architects: PANORAMA, WMR

Location: Matanzas, Navidad, O'Higgins Region, Chile

Author Architects: PANORAMA (Nicolás Valdés, Constanza Hagemann), WMR (Felipe Wedeles Jorge Manieu Macarena Rabat)

Area: 96.0 sqm

Project Year: 2010

Photographs: Sergio Pirrone

© Sergio Pirrone

This house in Matanzas is situated at the top of a cliff, 65mts. approximately above sea level.

© Sergio Pirrone

© Sergio Pirrone

A two storey house, for a couple and their son, is structured within a square volume of 9 by 9mts. Inside intersects another volume at a higher level, which is rotated 45 degrees in relation to the floor plan, allowing double heights and the arrangement of spaces in the first floor.
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The program is ordered in a simple way, at the first floor a single space for the living room, dining room and kitchen and on the back a sleeping area and the stairs to the second floor.

Plan

Elevation

Plan

Then, to the side and facing north, the terrace partly enclosed, allowing the users to go outside during days of extreme wind.

© Sergio Pirrone

© Sergio Pirrone

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