A stranded whale

© Hugo Bertolotto

Architects: WHALE!

Location: Tunquen, Algarrobo, Región de Valparaíso, Chile

Area: 180.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Hugo Bertolotto

Design Team: Branko Pavlovic, Pablo Lobos-Pedrals

Collaborators: Hugo Bertolotto, Pablo Oyarzún Kuschel

Construction: PYLP

Topographical Plan: Eugenio Pavlovic U.

Calculation Project: Cristian Meza

Health Project: Miguel González F.

Electrical Project: Leonardo Araya

Installing Photovoltaic System: José Luis Fuenzalida (Casablanca Renovables)

Electrical Installation: Roberto Valencia
Project Manager: Alex Gaete

© Hugo Bertolotto

A stranded whaleDry his back under the sun of a breezeless summer Opaque as an ancient ashPale gray as a collected stone,

© Hugo Bertolotto

The sand under its belly still kepps the necessary moistureTo dig up shells and weedsAnd the tiny coalsWith which we could draw the darkest shade,That will be the most brilliant and wet black,Just as the sad floors of STALKER,

© Hugo Bertolotto

We?d never touched the skin of a dolphin,But we can feel the touch,Soft like hair underwater,Shiny and thick as the finest  sheepskinBut: Can we guess how it feels to...