Architecture studio Ignacio Correa Arquitecto used concrete, masonry and glass to build a small holiday home that overlooks a lake in central Chile.
The Lake Pavilion is located in the town of La Estrella, about 140 kilometres south of Santiago. It rests on a grassy, tree-studded site that slopes down toward Lake Rapel.
Ignacio Correa Arquitecto has designed a lakehouse in Chile
Ignacio Correa Arquitecto, which is based in Santiago, created the 85-square-metre, single-storey pavilion that is rectangular in plan with a subtle kink near its centre. The main facade looks north toward a canal that flows into the lake.
"This location ensures the greatest possible distance between the facade and the canal itself, leaving a park of pine trees there, which is the area where the garden is projected," the team said. It stands next to Lake Rapel
A concrete foundation forms a plinth that accommodates the slope of the site.
The building?s exterior walls are made of masonry covered with stucco. Large stretches of glass are framed with black metal.
The holiday home has a kink in its plan
On the south facade, concrete boxes that protrude from the building hold a wood-burning stove and a storage niche.
The dwelling is accessed via a route that starts at the top of the site and runs along the front facade.

The corridor along the pavilion is shaded by an upturned eave supported by a row of steel columns.
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