Binimelis House - Polidura + Talhouk Arquitectos

<span style="font-family:times new roman;">The assignment consisted in a house for a young marriage with two children, located on a 950 square meter situated in La Reserva lots in Chicureo, Colina, Chile. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9PhYfjz8I/AAAAAAAAFGU/H8E7r0wj75c/s000-R/01.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9PhYfjz8I/AAAAAAAAFGU/H8E7r0wj75c/s000-R/01.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9Pt4pObqI/AAAAAAAAFGc/sMc_VaP3GPU/s000-R/02.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9Pt4pObqI/AAAAAAAAFGc/sMc_VaP3GPU/s000-R/02.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The terrain presented three conditions that determined the actions taken that would finally define the project. Because of the lot being of triangular shape located in a corner, the legal edification lines left the constructible area in the center, a steep incline of 40%, and finally, sun exposure and views towards the valley. </span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9P6ERDz-I/AAAAAAAAFGk/Q4rrFoa11so/s000-R/03.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9P6ERDz-I/AAAAAAAAFGk/Q4rrFoa11so/s000-R/03.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9Tx5juoHI/AAAAAAAAFIM/stle58LqQk0/s000-R/16.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9Tx5juoHI/AAAAAAAAFIM/stle58LqQk0/s000-R/16.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The operation consists in separating the architecture program into two overlapping volumes parallel to the terrain lines, so when seen in section both volumes relate to the landscape..</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QCf3wfDI/AAAAAAAAFGs/wr2ZkdYE8gE/s000-R/04.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QCf3wfDI/AAAAAAAAFGs/wr2ZkdYE8gE/s000-R/04.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QIla0izI/AAAAAAAAFG0/5y0A0NplrH8/s000-R/05.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QIla0izI/AAAAAAAAFG0/5y0A0NplrH8/s000-R/05.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The lower volume is buried in the terrain and adopts a materiality that allows you to understand it as a socle that blends with the landscape as well as the stone walls that enclose the site. In this volume the bedrooms connect with the garden that exists over the street level below.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QTRPpZyI/AAAAAAAAFG8/adligCxPiXY/s000-R/06.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QTRPpZyI/AAAAAAAAFG8/adligCxPiXY/s000-R/06.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QeIjiI3I/AAAAAAAAFHE/kziosLjIrdw/s000-R/07.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QeIjiI3I/AAAAAAAAFHE/kziosLjIrdw/s000-R/07.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The upper volume lies over it, by abstraction it differs from the stone socle and the terrain. In order to do this, we worked with simple geometry dressed in one only material with industrial shaping and a neutral color (gray stone). The volume breaks to prevent views towards the quarry orienting them to the valley.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QlbXKlJI/AAAAAAAAFHM/nFnVFbJH_3Y/s000-R/08.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9QlbXKlJI/AAAAAAAAFHM/nFnVFbJH_3Y/s000-R/08.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9Qx7cqVGI/AAAAAAAAFHU/2gVN3ef9KXA/s000-R/09.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9Qx7cqVGI/AAAAAAAAFHU/2gVN3ef9KXA/s000-R/09.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9Q6OeuAXI/AAAAAAAAFHc/GsTK2QJUl2U/s000-R/10.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9Q6OeuAXI/AAAAAAAAFHc/GsTK2QJUl2U/s000-R/10.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RBmde9KI/AAAAAAAAFHk/KjyW8DqMB88/s000-R/11.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RBmde9KI/AAAAAAAAFHk/KjyW8DqMB88/s000-R/11.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RGgE7Z-I/AAAAAAAAFHs/pcenzfJulrk/s000-R/12.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RGgE7Z-I/AAAAAAAAFHs/pcenzfJulrk/s000-R/12.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RNoh6xII/AAAAAAAAFH0/G1PV_wa9p5Y/s000-R/13.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RNoh6xII/AAAAAAAAFH0/G1PV_wa9p5Y/s000-R/13.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"> This volume contains the public space and connects through the only opening to the garden located at the upper street level.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RR07UqUI/AAAAAAAAFH8/sfmCi1QDVgE/s000-R/14.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RR07UqUI/AAAAAAAAFH8/sfmCi1QDVgE/s000-R/14.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RYuarzfI/AAAAAAAAFIE/KrMuo1iPeKQ/s000-R/15.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9RYuarzfI/AAAAAAAAFIE/KrMuo1iPeKQ/s000-R/15.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Architects: <a href="http://www.polidura-talhouk.com/">Polidura + Talhouk Arquitectos</a> – Antonio Polidura, Marco Polidura, Pablo Talhouk</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Location: La Reserva, Chicureo, Colina, Chile</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Structural Design: Daniel Stagno</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Contractor: Costructora Los Robles</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Site Area: 950 sqm</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Constructed Area: 260 sqm</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Project Year: 2005</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Construction Year: 2007</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Materials: Stone, Wood & Concrete</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Photographs: Aryeh Kornfeld</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9T7l64ZKI/AAAAAAAAFIU/B8MlG-qXtxc/s000-R/emplazamiento.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9T7l64ZKI/AAAAAAAAFIU/B8MlG-qXtxc/s000-R/emplazamiento.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UGoVMAqI/AAAAAAAAFIc/H3HHMs-34Ew/s000-R/plano-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UGoVMAqI/AAAAAAAAFIc/H3HHMs-34Ew/s000-R/plano-1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UQdF6M_I/AAAAAAAAFIk/3aORzgvhhTM/s000-R/plano-1a.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UQdF6M_I/AAAAAAAAFIk/3aORzgvhhTM/s000-R/plano-1a.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UTQblK1I/AAAAAAAAFIs/ThONnYgick4/s000-R/p1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UTQblK1I/AAAAAAAAFIs/ThONnYgick4/s000-R/p1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UWK2uZqI/AAAAAAAAFI0/jvf_hE1vRtw/s000-R/p-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UWK2uZqI/AAAAAAAAFI0/jvf_hE1vRtw/s000-R/p-1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UY-_m2ZI/AAAAAAAAFI8/YsVrRot7-20/s000-R/corte-c.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UY-_m2ZI/AAAAAAAAFI8/YsVrRot7-20/s000-R/corte-c.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UbkEDXbI/AAAAAAAAFJE/gbLWRj74Gew/s000-R/corte-d.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UbkEDXbI/AAAAAAAAFJE/gbLWRj74Gew/s000-R/corte-d.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UeiRgchI/AAAAAAAAFJM/8mJ5V2vKo60/s000-R/corte-e.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9UeiRgchI/AAAAAAAAFJM/8mJ5V2vKo60/s000-R/corte-e.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9U9CNFXHI/AAAAAAAAFJU/eF0IFD0vjjs/s000-R/detalle-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9U9CNFXHI/AAAAAAAAFJU/eF0IFD0vjjs/s000-R/detalle-1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9VHT2YLxI/AAAAAAAAFJc/jUhfiZbBt8U/s000-R/detalle-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Binimelis-Barahona, Polidura+Talhouk, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SQ9VHT2YLxI/AAAAAAAAFJc/jUhfiZbBt8U/s000-R/detalle-2.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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Los Canteros Mountain Refuge - dRN Arquitectos

<span style="font-family:times new roman;">The site was an existing void in the middle of a slope, bound on two sides by magnificent old containment walls built of stone. These walls defined a level area of approximately 12×10mts, 7.5mts below the level of the road. A few scattered trees seemed significant, as vegetation is hard to find at 2000 mts high in the middle of The Andes Mountains. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROK_PQ7XnI/AAAAAAAAFNk/wgXaomAGRnI/s000/10.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROK_PQ7XnI/AAAAAAAAFNk/wgXaomAGRnI/s000/10.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLG7nMj3I/AAAAAAAAFNs/8-xzM4xfUVg/s000/11.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLG7nMj3I/AAAAAAAAFNs/8-xzM4xfUVg/s000/11.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLLgwBjII/AAAAAAAAFN0/Y8khHkg5xmk/s000/14.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLLgwBjII/AAAAAAAAFN0/Y8khHkg5xmk/s000/14.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The intense bright light reflected off the snow, together with the thermal loss through windows and walls are important aspects when building in the mountains. These conditions were something that the old mountain chalets, built in the town of Farellones during the 40’s and 60’s, took into account through small interior spaces and thick stonewalls with very small openings in their facades. </span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLQb3smWI/AAAAAAAAFN8/EtIktSkdSew/s000/03.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLQb3smWI/AAAAAAAAFN8/EtIktSkdSew/s000/03.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLTkvgP7I/AAAAAAAAFOE/K8xcIvSSJhM/s000/01.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLTkvgP7I/AAAAAAAAFOE/K8xcIvSSJhM/s000/01.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLXNLxoeI/AAAAAAAAFOM/pYpPy5nvR1w/s000/04.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLXNLxoeI/AAAAAAAAFOM/pYpPy5nvR1w/s000/04.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">For designing this contemporary mountain refuge we proposed a monolithic volume of stone that partially fills the void left by the existing containment walls. Window openings are minimal and were placed so as to illuminate specific acts, or to frame certain parts of the surrounding landscape, keeping away the sight of the neighbours.<br />This simple stone cube is broken up by other elements that overhang from its perimeter, modifying the basic figure and giving it an orientation towards specific external features.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLathpKmI/AAAAAAAAFOU/7yzI3Wbl_LU/s000/06.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLathpKmI/AAAAAAAAFOU/7yzI3Wbl_LU/s000/06.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLerMJgKI/AAAAAAAAFOc/rUKtF--XXiI/s000/08.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLerMJgKI/AAAAAAAAFOc/rUKtF--XXiI/s000/08.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">A horizontal window looking out to the main view across the valley below appears as another volume, which also serves a bench. A second transparent volume on top, serves as an access area that acts as a lamp during the night. Finally, a light steel walkway links the road with the upper level of the refuge.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLjvvE_0I/AAAAAAAAFOk/GGg32c3twpw/s000/09.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLjvvE_0I/AAAAAAAAFOk/GGg32c3twpw/s000/09.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLnkgK9TI/AAAAAAAAFOs/ITNMaI0kxOc/s000/17.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLnkgK9TI/AAAAAAAAFOs/ITNMaI0kxOc/s000/17.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The window of good weather for building at these altitudes is very narrow (6 months), so a rapid construction plan was required. We decided to build with a prefabricated steel frame structure that would reduce assembly time. This metal cage was then covered with different layers of insulation responding to specific needs; (much like the clothes of a mountain climber).</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLsCAx-qI/AAAAAAAAFO0/i3OffgpKRIY/s000/20.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLsCAx-qI/AAAAAAAAFO0/i3OffgpKRIY/s000/20.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLyL2rA4I/AAAAAAAAFO8/bD_DITwQ5Kw/s000/21.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROLyL2rA4I/AAAAAAAAFO8/bD_DITwQ5Kw/s000/21.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONq_CroFI/AAAAAAAAFRM/TWTsvHOE9Pw/s000/22.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONq_CroFI/AAAAAAAAFRM/TWTsvHOE9Pw/s000/22.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />First, an interior plywood cladding for a warmer atmosphere in the inside, then a double thermal insulation within the steel structure, next a waterproof membrane, and finally an exterior cladding of black slate stone. This external finish resists well the harsh weather of extreme low temperatures, snow and rain. It also establishes a material link with the old stone refuges nearby.<br /><br />Unlike the nearby existing structures, whose construction is now too expensive, here the stone doesn’t take a structural role. This is accentuated by the vertical and horizontal position of the stone and by not letting the cladding touch the ground<br />.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMU1tuXEI/AAAAAAAAFPE/XZwnJ3sjbVM/s000/23.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMU1tuXEI/AAAAAAAAFPE/XZwnJ3sjbVM/s000/23.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMYvj31KI/AAAAAAAAFPM/h0Wry9mFFkY/s000/24.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMYvj31KI/AAAAAAAAFPM/h0Wry9mFFkY/s000/24.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMeRoB50I/AAAAAAAAFPU/8tzpxyP0A9k/s000/31.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMeRoB50I/AAAAAAAAFPU/8tzpxyP0A9k/s000/31.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Mountain lodges normally receive more people than they can lodge, more mountain gear than they can store, more logs than they can burn, and the design had to foresee this situation. To take this into account the structure was divided into 3 independent floors. A first floor with 4 small bedrooms, a second floor with a common space with four areas for eating, playing, sitting and cooking, and a third floor for access and with enough space to store all that mountain equipment.<br /><br />Maximum use of space in extreme weather conditions.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMl_kLA7I/AAAAAAAAFPc/nUh-YSMKUwA/s000/34.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMl_kLA7I/AAAAAAAAFPc/nUh-YSMKUwA/s000/34.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMpvHdp6I/AAAAAAAAFPk/VZvLb0fVQ2M/s000/05.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMpvHdp6I/AAAAAAAAFPk/VZvLb0fVQ2M/s000/05.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMt4CdThI/AAAAAAAAFPs/svpvRnBoLtY/s000/12.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMt4CdThI/AAAAAAAAFPs/svpvRnBoLtY/s000/12.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMw10rv5I/AAAAAAAAFP0/ehz0ZhBzvEk/s000/25.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROMw10rv5I/AAAAAAAAFP0/ehz0ZhBzvEk/s000/25.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROM1aDrN3I/AAAAAAAAFP8/XQaSei4wGSk/s000/27.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROM1aDrN3I/AAAAAAAAFP8/XQaSei4wGSk/s000/27.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROM4kT2xKI/AAAAAAAAFQE/M3vxexowWbU/s000/28.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROM4kT2xKI/AAAAAAAAFQE/M3vxexowWbU/s000/28.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROM8agck2I/AAAAAAAAFQM/3RnrNm9Ma30/s000/33.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SROM8agck2I/AAAAAAAAFQM/3RnrNm9Ma30/s000/33.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Architects: Nicolás del Rio y Max Núñez / </span><a href="http://www.drn.cl/" modo="false"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">dRN ARQUITECTOS</span></a></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Location: Farellones, Chile<br />Collaborator: Oltmann Ahlers G.<br />Structural Engineer: Enzo Valladares<br />Contractor: Eduardo Torreblanca<br />Site Area: 435 sqm<br />Constructed Area: 140 sqm<br />Project Year: 2007<br />Construction Year: 2008<br />Materials: Steel, Stone, Wood<br />Budget: US $792 /sqm<br />Photographs: Felipe Camus. </span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONAmlUI_I/AAAAAAAAFQU/xMCcZfMYqpI/s000/ubicacion.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONAmlUI_I/AAAAAAAAFQU/xMCcZfMYqpI/s000/ubicacion.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONE300v0I/AAAAAAAAFQc/2cAZ6ZqeT1U/s000/planta1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONE300v0I/AAAAAAAAFQc/2cAZ6ZqeT1U/s000/planta1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONUHpCNtI/AAAAAAAAFQk/wYOxysjjCfk/s000/planta2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONUHpCNtI/AAAAAAAAFQk/wYOxysjjCfk/s000/planta2.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONY_wdvAI/AAAAAAAAFQs/I7XFSgrBTtY/s000/planta3.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONY_wdvAI/AAAAAAAAFQs/I7XFSgrBTtY/s000/planta3.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONdRizktI/AAAAAAAAFQ0/YTsL8AKbFnE/s000/elev_norte.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONdRizktI/AAAAAAAAFQ0/YTsL8AKbFnE/s000/elev_norte.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONja9kwwI/AAAAAAAAFQ8/iaZFf5c5Oyo/s000/elev_oriente.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONja9kwwI/AAAAAAAAFQ8/iaZFf5c5Oyo/s000/elev_oriente.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONnxmcH7I/AAAAAAAAFRE/av6wGuF8bSk/s000/elev_poniente.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Refugio Los Canteros, dRN-Arquitectos, ARQUITECTURA, CASAS, DISEÑO" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZt2c3fWlp8/SRONnxmcH7I/AAAAAAAAFRE/av6wGuF8bSk/s000/elev_poniente.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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Los Canteros Mountain Refuge - dRN Arquitectos

The site was an existing void in the middle of a slope, bound on two sides by magnificent old containment walls built of stone. These walls ...

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