The commission consisted of a simple program: a space for various public activities in the house: living, working, and eating, in addition to integrating an exhibition area for pre-Columbian artworks, with an independent kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms.

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Architects: Riesco + Rivera Arquitectos Asociados

Location: Las Condes, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Project Architects: Francisca Rivera Palma, Jose Riesco Urrejola

Project Area: 139.8 sqm

Project Year: 2011

Photographs: Aryeh Kornfeld

Collaborator: Francisco Adriasola C.

Construction: TDR

Site Area: 1.277,88 m2
Built Area: 139,8 m2 + terraces

© Aryeh Kornfeld

From the architect. The commission consisted of a simple program: a space for various public activities in the house: living, working, and eating, in addition to integrating an exhibition area for pre-Columbian artworks, with an independent kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms.

Plan 2

The main difficulty was to achieve a quality space for the owner, who was used to living in large areas, and was building a detached house for a new period of life.

© Aryeh Kornfeld

The site was an old plot with houses and existing park, subdivided among the children, leavin...