The commission is for a meeting place, for sailing, and kite and wind surf, on a site with perfect conditions for these sports.

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Architects: WMR arquitectos

Location: Pupuya, Navidad, VI Región, Chile

Project Architects: Felipe Wedeles, Jorge Manieu, Macarena Rabat

Project Area: 165.0 m2

Photographs: Sergio Pirrone

Collaborator: Nelson Larroque

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From the architect. The commission is for a meeting place, for sailing, and kite and wind surf, on a site with perfect conditions for these sports.

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The idea seeks a shelter in this climate that is very austere, extreme, with strong, cold winds. The project achieved three climates: inside it is 100% closed, another intermediate and another open.
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It is a waterfront retreat generating a backyard connected to the front thanks to the skeleton-like structure which allows shelter. Allowing to have a space for people who accompany and do not participate in the wind sport.

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The dock like circulation achieves the travel between the sea (wind) and the backyard, which is protected from the wind (outdoor shelter), allowing to have a fire pit area outside.

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The wooden structure as a skeleton is the ...