The Panda House, Lima Property, Peruvian Beach Home, Residential Building Project, Architecture Images
The Panda House in Cañete
Contemporary Peruvian Home: Beach Property in southern Lima Region, Peru ? design by Da-Lab Arquitectos
26 Dec 2016
The Panda House, Cañete
Design: Da-Lab Arquitectos

The top priority for the architects when designing The Panda House was to keep the spirit of the existing house, which was more than 20 years old and was designed in an exaggerated way.

It had ample passages, oversized bathrooms and lacked many basic spaces for a beach house of its size.

The project has an air of minimalism combined with classic elements of a rustic beach house that give a sense of harmony and peace to every environment.

Double Height
The architects call the double-height space ?the soul of the house?.

It recognizes the pre-existent structure and serves as an organizing element and spacial connector of all common areas.

Reed

The false ceiling cane plant generates a welcome shade throughout the day.

At night the indirect lighting details scattered throughout the house enhance this natural element as ?mother? of the project.

The Facade

The ?live facade made with sliding blinds that move across the front allows you to create shadows where they are required.

When not in use they rest in front of the columns generating an antigravitational effect that gives you the feeling that the roof floats with no supports.

The house, which originally had onl...