Diamond House - XTEN Architecture

The <strong>Diamond house</strong> is a sound studio and office extension to a house located deep in a canyon, against a severely sloping hillside, with minimal access and little space upon which to build. Direct sunlight reaches the site for only a few hours a day. The geotechnical condition is challenging, requiring 30-foot caissons to underpin new walls and foundations. A complex web of regulations governed the height, width, depth and specific relationship to the retaining walls needed to build the project.<br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBTZqpwgpC3vO1fYo7x86EqnktPa4KGSLXUrLVUCZ4Cd38oyLJ7PZIPDks24bSjxnFH9DWzB_HH7aCHdlL2h0zA/diamondhouse-primarynight.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBTZqpwgpC3vO1fYo7x86EqnktPa4KGSLXUrLVUCZ4Cd38oyLJ7PZIPDks24bSjxnFH9DWzB_HH7aCHdlL2h0zA/diamondhouse-primarynight.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-08xz1ukgHlpTAfTUZkLPzXQSEnfFiVoX78wW4-134pQwc3QHGJUZM_LZjGaM0gdHFbASt_Vi9JyzbbpzvYq7Q/diamondhouse-stairbdroom.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-08xz1ukgHlpTAfTUZkLPzXQSEnfFiVoX78wW4-134pQwc3QHGJUZM_LZjGaM0gdHFbASt_Vi9JyzbbpzvYq7Q/diamondhouse-stairbdroom.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Given these constraints, a multifaceted architectural strategy was developed for the small building. First, a base building geometry was developed to conform to the hillside and required codes while maximizing the interior spaces by extending them into adjacent sideyards. Like a rock placed in a small pond, the addition is carefully placed between the existing structure and an imposing hillside to inflect the landscape and create exterior programmatic spaces around it where none could exist before.<br /><br />The building geometry also conforms to the interior program as a corner of the upper floor flares out to accommodate a writing desk built into a north-facing window and a series of wall planes fold up and over the building to create a rooftop railing and enclosure.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pF7HH34n4_mhqbrTApq_4w2Hf24jXd0zWXl-wFBp5uKF4FYFJ4QmEHPSMbCRn96JQTpowzHSzWH43Dqawxz62nw/diamondhouse-roof-deck.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pF7HH34n4_mhqbrTApq_4w2Hf24jXd0zWXl-wFBp5uKF4FYFJ4QmEHPSMbCRn96JQTpowzHSzWH43Dqawxz62nw/diamondhouse-roof-deck.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pA6_k8CbLrAJt9vmjSeN3sMDWI-HzcDpy-tfhPv1D5aEKsEXXPOffQcUcMF1hLYqskOskVj2s8Asy6J7ppQcOxQ/diamondhouse-patioview.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pA6_k8CbLrAJt9vmjSeN3sMDWI-HzcDpy-tfhPv1D5aEKsEXXPOffQcUcMF1hLYqskOskVj2s8Asy6J7ppQcOxQ/diamondhouse-patioview.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Next, a building material system was developed to both relate the new extension to the natural landscape and to reduce the visual scale of the building. The façade pattern was created from natural elements taken from the canyon site; abstracted, scaled and arrayed across the building in 3d modeling programs. Many patterns, scales and patterns were investigated in this manner, from which several full size prototypes were made by laser cutting and cnc routing aluminum, zinc, steel, plywood and cement panel samples. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMtnMv4nD8cHovPAh65tc5-o1aZP5lwTj14ztXm-d3dJnICC6mdHqQ5uCNLQJCoxhhyKFCT74w63UNqnY19Ig9Q/diamondhouse-northelev.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMtnMv4nD8cHovPAh65tc5-o1aZP5lwTj14ztXm-d3dJnICC6mdHqQ5uCNLQJCoxhhyKFCT74w63UNqnY19Ig9Q/diamondhouse-northelev.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pqcx2g91ZI0gpT9WFSGp-SJ1Dl_UyuaAx2ZWiPQ6Oy0AqX4puI2Ela66PFCdn4dUcjHR_ff2VGHUpgMOXSrBBiQ/diamondhouse-detail-04.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pqcx2g91ZI0gpT9WFSGp-SJ1Dl_UyuaAx2ZWiPQ6Oy0AqX4puI2Ela66PFCdn4dUcjHR_ff2VGHUpgMOXSrBBiQ/diamondhouse-detail-04.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The 3/8” thick Swisspearl fiber cement panels shown on the final construction were selected for both the way they relate to the masonry site walls and original structure, and for the fragility they impart to the otherwise hard edged and programmatically driven geometry of the building. Daylight brings out the etched lines, irregular edges and delicate qualities of the cement panels, which in direct sunlight appear as thin as a ceramic vase. While in the evenings the panels become flattened and the overall volume emerges, appearing as a patterned and perforated lantern illuminating the canyon. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYdkr2-8dDzojxymXbcjtiJJ_Fiz4GvlBEFCIeV2m5zudLC_6wmta_mye9-XwZe1RI_mf32qKcbyJljinhbmlTA/diamondhouse-detail-03.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYdkr2-8dDzojxymXbcjtiJJ_Fiz4GvlBEFCIeV2m5zudLC_6wmta_mye9-XwZe1RI_mf32qKcbyJljinhbmlTA/diamondhouse-detail-03.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFJj_Bx_AwYka0VA5rdBRY8jUb2Dcn90ArYVSSqMtuGDhQ6zGMfKNyrhTcgFu8ot2pO7Lr6ThZjfTSIRU9Oz85A/diamondhouse-detail-02.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFJj_Bx_AwYka0VA5rdBRY8jUb2Dcn90ArYVSSqMtuGDhQ6zGMfKNyrhTcgFu8ot2pO7Lr6ThZjfTSIRU9Oz85A/diamondhouse-detail-02.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pr-sQVxd2m6lKICa3j-0or3g6twkoYlhcd7DLVnXpId8crTTRuh79MRw1tlBcodB5hOfluPNI2XEjIVd7CJ1qSQ/diamondhouse-detail-01.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pr-sQVxd2m6lKICa3j-0or3g6twkoYlhcd7DLVnXpId8crTTRuh79MRw1tlBcodB5hOfluPNI2XEjIVd7CJ1qSQ/diamondhouse-detail-01.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Project Name: Diamondhouse<br />Location: Santa Monica, California, USA<br />Architect: XTEN Architecture – Monika Haefelfinger & Austin Kelly (AIA, LEED AP)<br />Client: Aisha Ayers<br />Project Completion Date: Dec 2009<br />Project Size: 820sqf Interior, 500sqf Roof Deck, 1200sqf Exterior Terraces / Firepit Area<br />Landscaping/ Site Pieces: Mark Motonaga<br />Photographs: Art Gray Photography</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pLv1o-717lfL4TNgWEdztF_7w0CgVmT3dPmfcdNWfH8XI6XXZoN6d4iCsuXUSNhbFmNejBIbGo9uoQm8_qEJi2A/diamondhouse-diagram.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pLv1o-717lfL4TNgWEdztF_7w0CgVmT3dPmfcdNWfH8XI6XXZoN6d4iCsuXUSNhbFmNejBIbGo9uoQm8_qEJi2A/diamondhouse-diagram.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQnIZQidtkgFXtLXmxx8gjMdPYg-7ImoQ9yECxtLiBwMOZFscvFBStl2jdAPuvIHpfwHdmwH_vei5C8cXRM5GlQ/diamondhouse-plans.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQnIZQidtkgFXtLXmxx8gjMdPYg-7ImoQ9yECxtLiBwMOZFscvFBStl2jdAPuvIHpfwHdmwH_vei5C8cXRM5GlQ/diamondhouse-plans.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pByBEGO06ezEofLtSzpqX-fOEonrIC0LAcz2tWsbtr0r3AKXH51fW73bWkBp47ha6edDTBNZVTRIRHtMZdDF2Ag/diamondhouse-processdiagrams.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pByBEGO06ezEofLtSzpqX-fOEonrIC0LAcz2tWsbtr0r3AKXH51fW73bWkBp47ha6edDTBNZVTRIRHtMZdDF2Ag/diamondhouse-processdiagrams.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pkebPUzG4rwivQRNy2BnOg0L5oBqqz9li1M7x7UfQTWTxNRP60TnnrB0-jbY5YI1WdwGFGAuWO_tQG8EScWj5iQ/diamondhouse-section.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pkebPUzG4rwivQRNy2BnOg0L5oBqqz9li1M7x7UfQTWTxNRP60TnnrB0-jbY5YI1WdwGFGAuWO_tQG8EScWj5iQ/diamondhouse-section.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXw2HpaYgVOmNwBTTRMl0K6fJC2qC-B42oZytPFH0q7pxpBGht0kQJt1Hnck5H_RTxyheA0iyPIBr2E8JKCLU2A/diamondhouse-wallsection.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Diamante - XTEN Architecture, arquitectura, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXw2HpaYgVOmNwBTTRMl0K6fJC2qC-B42oZytPFH0q7pxpBGht0kQJt1Hnck5H_RTxyheA0iyPIBr2E8JKCLU2A/diamondhouse-wallsection.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />VIA: <a href="http://tecnohaus.blogspot.com/2010/03/casa-diamante-xten-architecture.html" target="_blank">TECNOHAUS</a> </div>

Diamond House - XTEN Architecture

The Diamond house is a sound studio and office extension to a house located deep in a canyon, against a severely sloping hillside, with min...

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House in Colina - OPA

This house is located just outside Santiago, in the rural area of the Colina Valley.<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pv3eht0YP2wGzuC-MjmECphT9QLV8S7JJ_hG8Z6K1paDnI_6cZQxKtGbaRF31Fv5KpfmBbApMAfxkNj5i8QWsJQ/colina-delrio-06.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pv3eht0YP2wGzuC-MjmECphT9QLV8S7JJ_hG8Z6K1paDnI_6cZQxKtGbaRF31Fv5KpfmBbApMAfxkNj5i8QWsJQ/colina-delrio-06.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The abundant vegetation and open space, dominated by hills and groves, keeps the countryside feel of the environment, worn by urban expansion and insensitive real estate development, which reproduce city-type housing and infrastructure in a natural scenery. Thus, importing the city´s image over it.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pjAX6HkyPlw7jrbv0W4c0b9M_bWKwGXMSxO_33K8yZDoDD00UwQ5eEa1kH4R08X46UO8cN-hJ1gblJhnDRbPwNQ/colina-delrio-31.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pjAX6HkyPlw7jrbv0W4c0b9M_bWKwGXMSxO_33K8yZDoDD00UwQ5eEa1kH4R08X46UO8cN-hJ1gblJhnDRbPwNQ/colina-delrio-31.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1paYM_k0dNJtathich_2rOzCi32aXyoxQjUHAC-m5Xp2TAStfIL6LozIuek2S1DMwnDczIhaMbLemvC__7oBYASg/colina-delrio-32.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1paYM_k0dNJtathich_2rOzCi32aXyoxQjUHAC-m5Xp2TAStfIL6LozIuek2S1DMwnDczIhaMbLemvC__7oBYASg/colina-delrio-32.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />This provided us with the first notions for architecture. The idea of reinterpretation and representation of traditional countryside constructions, over the idea of coming up with a formal concept for a house, to work within context and in relation to the natural surroundings.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pWDdsvGMdruLl3oprB_rL77vqhr5GXZjvGQfM48WRY-LKy07uEYh2XDZRGcyMfmRArc3Ld_bTYtw0tD7NL2PZAg/colina-delrio-34.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pWDdsvGMdruLl3oprB_rL77vqhr5GXZjvGQfM48WRY-LKy07uEYh2XDZRGcyMfmRArc3Ld_bTYtw0tD7NL2PZAg/colina-delrio-34.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pu4wbUZLvJbNQZ9gyUeEjK_OJmGXS2fQBK0x6c_i5uA-6p7wmZD7yTwDs2l7mj6d0KA-ulDBFpHOtnSiBVXixlg/colina-delrio-36.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pu4wbUZLvJbNQZ9gyUeEjK_OJmGXS2fQBK0x6c_i5uA-6p7wmZD7yTwDs2l7mj6d0KA-ulDBFpHOtnSiBVXixlg/colina-delrio-36.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />While studying rural construction typologies, both housing and industrial, the space virtues of farm machinery and storage sheds and warehouses stood out, mainly due to its structural simplicity, interior amplitude and height, use flexibility, modular construction and its potential for programmed extension, all of which being strongly rated by the client. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1puZRK76R_vIv3pOA4X1JH59muLzluR9WimsGPh1TagoxQJCMB1FKSqkDN0GhEmCWtthpIx2JSk4ycD3saS04saA/colina-delrio-37.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1puZRK76R_vIv3pOA4X1JH59muLzluR9WimsGPh1TagoxQJCMB1FKSqkDN0GhEmCWtthpIx2JSk4ycD3saS04saA/colina-delrio-37.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pzwTYzlTwXt03CbqYvA4odzE20xBJ39Ckx-7yJWPlAPQdvmIOBspzF0d6GyWmGtMmZHyHgPMMOTrKjmKlkGmgag/colina-delrio-40.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pzwTYzlTwXt03CbqYvA4odzE20xBJ39Ckx-7yJWPlAPQdvmIOBspzF0d6GyWmGtMmZHyHgPMMOTrKjmKlkGmgag/colina-delrio-40.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ph1WdJKwVY3UBASxpDzDbiYhyX3vSX0N5dSGbIqvk_WLO5-phXAdpyIDSzqQlnlOcCSAHC6_ywCvg5D6cwqyvlA/colina-delrio-42.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ph1WdJKwVY3UBASxpDzDbiYhyX3vSX0N5dSGbIqvk_WLO5-phXAdpyIDSzqQlnlOcCSAHC6_ywCvg5D6cwqyvlA/colina-delrio-42.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pR6rC8L3RLq4hXD42jrlpn_416Af6w4MUS4mFN005qfWpFmH1Hg1ExtOdCy0q6DygglBgsuPnPmHcNIILv0__-A/colina-delrio-50.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pR6rC8L3RLq4hXD42jrlpn_416Af6w4MUS4mFN005qfWpFmH1Hg1ExtOdCy0q6DygglBgsuPnPmHcNIILv0__-A/colina-delrio-50.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left">The elements that build these structures are easy to recognize, making them common and familiar, while individual and defined within the landscape through the use of materials. This infrastructure settles respectfully in countryside geography, through its association to large culture and free surfaces, and poplar groves of interior roads that are seen from a distance as high and long green axes. Size, robustness and clarity of its shape manifest its architectural condition among the valley.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdZR2ElQXIFP8kPOQK_mMPeZMUUzr14ZIChX4rYbR03k_JxwVkU_yxXWnQaB3fL-WAnEchFBE_AkmiP6D555pDQ/colina-delrio-52.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdZR2ElQXIFP8kPOQK_mMPeZMUUzr14ZIChX4rYbR03k_JxwVkU_yxXWnQaB3fL-WAnEchFBE_AkmiP6D555pDQ/colina-delrio-52.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAhUg0Msnqa3YD1fccPZb3O6NXvap4DwV2AIhYO8EyGSyr7cjIrEQylANBFVbsH1JngJ3lgS4eZ537O8BIqlxKw/colina-delrio-55.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAhUg0Msnqa3YD1fccPZb3O6NXvap4DwV2AIhYO8EyGSyr7cjIrEQylANBFVbsH1JngJ3lgS4eZ537O8BIqlxKw/colina-delrio-55.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p03oMh1EvqKrTx3TthMGEp3qgoPdOhfLnhF1HbIsEWXdbZGCStcSEWdxCdcyFGwDjtG9rfFL62hjK-tX8xIgpeA/colina-delrio-10.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p03oMh1EvqKrTx3TthMGEp3qgoPdOhfLnhF1HbIsEWXdbZGCStcSEWdxCdcyFGwDjtG9rfFL62hjK-tX8xIgpeA/colina-delrio-10.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCa9pPY_9DOpw-d0bI87zIYXzRUmtYAv2B7YIpb8kbZeRway0U77qK1TBpv3T3dudlaTHqGp7n35nL3UlkW1HJQ/colina-delrio-12.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCa9pPY_9DOpw-d0bI87zIYXzRUmtYAv2B7YIpb8kbZeRway0U77qK1TBpv3T3dudlaTHqGp7n35nL3UlkW1HJQ/colina-delrio-12.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Opposite to this, the thermal and energetic problematic of heating and cooling interiors with large volumes of air, thinking in domestic use and its potential for rural housing and infrastructure, -this time inspired by its own characteristics and landscape-, extending countryside constructive tradition from a sustainable and contemporary environmental perspective. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCKjhHlJt1gZQahCeLw1obUeKD76AP-tYdWWi6jdcK7x6wlr3DCYNa7Ya2u50QOlgnD-sDhtA2DIOdxFp7wbnJA/colina-delrio-21.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCKjhHlJt1gZQahCeLw1obUeKD76AP-tYdWWi6jdcK7x6wlr3DCYNa7Ya2u50QOlgnD-sDhtA2DIOdxFp7wbnJA/colina-delrio-21.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p76g8_9P9-2fS9QjQ_XWuWqWziwkEAerJzW7-gHWby7t3XoQlJkj7atnHRN1dOg0VDEGBmOlJwutSRcxN3jXu7g/colina-delrio-22.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p76g8_9P9-2fS9QjQ_XWuWqWziwkEAerJzW7-gHWby7t3XoQlJkj7atnHRN1dOg0VDEGBmOlJwutSRcxN3jXu7g/colina-delrio-22.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pb5BiZclGcQxrY6Gxq9QffzIR5SAxi0v53_KhRlY1SEZzse4otMTMD4cX-iive9X4OklQRm9eeIEYY6QGjI09yA/colina-delrio-26.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pb5BiZclGcQxrY6Gxq9QffzIR5SAxi0v53_KhRlY1SEZzse4otMTMD4cX-iive9X4OklQRm9eeIEYY6QGjI09yA/colina-delrio-26.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pr3zGPWWEN31_RpeLBlEB9dR_ze8daGY7K68G4Xkg6BCCmPMgOMwCNzcMjiGdW2TFEsX19LRnKVqY7auKWaITOA/colina-delrio-44.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pr3zGPWWEN31_RpeLBlEB9dR_ze8daGY7K68G4Xkg6BCCmPMgOMwCNzcMjiGdW2TFEsX19LRnKVqY7auKWaITOA/colina-delrio-44.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />As a design strategy we resolved to load the house´s structure with more variables concerning function and program, given the larger efforts it demands in the construction process, becoming the project´s theme and guideline. This results in a two story framework of individually shaped reinforced concrete frames, according to function and position in the house. No frame matches the next one, breaking symmetry and monotony of industrial reference models. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdTRu0SYEYoyi0J7LOHrIf4G1MOA5Ld5Dxesywu86xfupR_h9B491sNfHDlOiilkLa69nhHSmWdgqAwp94TN5Rg/colina-delrio-45.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdTRu0SYEYoyi0J7LOHrIf4G1MOA5Ld5Dxesywu86xfupR_h9B491sNfHDlOiilkLa69nhHSmWdgqAwp94TN5Rg/colina-delrio-45.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIV8qFcq8hHewoL41fHZEYSXRq4LvjyUwXdrOOiDGDo6hHypyIqMHFADGllzsfbPS6Kzp0GSXxyFFwORlqNlO0g/colina-delrio-48.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIV8qFcq8hHewoL41fHZEYSXRq4LvjyUwXdrOOiDGDo6hHypyIqMHFADGllzsfbPS6Kzp0GSXxyFFwORlqNlO0g/colina-delrio-48.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Interior space is organized by collecting all service and circulation functions in a two story technical corridor, separated from social areas and bedrooms by a double height brick masonry wall, which runs across the house. Both areas are connected through openings in the wall. The second floor circulation overlooks the living room and terrace, stressing its verticality and role as a central, family gathering space. Three terraces were placed in both ends of the house, facing south for summer time and north for the winter sun. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pK7mEL4yPDHb6W6Z8Zk1o876ZhWRXTOJLZmxY6z0Wv1MhQm09kAbhjDbWO5ow5jerDYkIYmOeIHOrZZIINsVf7g/colina-delrio-59.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pK7mEL4yPDHb6W6Z8Zk1o876ZhWRXTOJLZmxY6z0Wv1MhQm09kAbhjDbWO5ow5jerDYkIYmOeIHOrZZIINsVf7g/colina-delrio-59.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pyOl2DKH4lz3e7M_9tn3IdhTjfn4MoB1AjFU68rynLj2Gz0SG8sX_50u3a3ektKUxzg6OYfYnBpMQYSvbLSg4eg/colina-delrio-60.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pyOl2DKH4lz3e7M_9tn3IdhTjfn4MoB1AjFU68rynLj2Gz0SG8sX_50u3a3ektKUxzg6OYfYnBpMQYSvbLSg4eg/colina-delrio-60.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The columns of each frame have a variable section that increases with height, to create the condition for an insulating exterior wall that provides the second floor and roof with a larger thermal capacity, combining a wide air chamber and a thick layer of mineral wool. This contributes to store the warm air mass for a longer time, using less energy to heat the house, like an old farm house with thick walls of adobe. To cool the house, cross ventilation was designed in both directions and trough both heights, to favor fresh air circulation and passive extraction of hot air. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9ySiQxcRSHT_fJDjriQ4T3lcUglMPs6N2au9zZ5pIxxGQjir39DpiVZFcGszSaSBjKhEHWnjaeKRTZAcdL5pkw/colina-delrio-61.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9ySiQxcRSHT_fJDjriQ4T3lcUglMPs6N2au9zZ5pIxxGQjir39DpiVZFcGszSaSBjKhEHWnjaeKRTZAcdL5pkw/colina-delrio-61.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOQBOkZemyoa24qAftJXrvZ8zRUypfUh_y_6BFG_vevPKYutVtfYexLtMNn1_nE80dh5CGsLHSpovVQVJBIghGw/colina-delrio-62.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOQBOkZemyoa24qAftJXrvZ8zRUypfUh_y_6BFG_vevPKYutVtfYexLtMNn1_nE80dh5CGsLHSpovVQVJBIghGw/colina-delrio-62.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Landscaping was treated using the site´s surface to build dry areas and gardens around the house, and in function of the natural patios that are formed below and both sides of an old poplar grove that ends inside the site. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pfE0m_9KizNCSYi39lj2zHqJPA1_-CvkDhz6lr36B53pOcrYCEDYT8Cv0Hz7rpxB7X8TuHaHkVCSRT5eiqoX1Fw/colina-delrio-63.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pfE0m_9KizNCSYi39lj2zHqJPA1_-CvkDhz6lr36B53pOcrYCEDYT8Cv0Hz7rpxB7X8TuHaHkVCSRT5eiqoX1Fw/colina-delrio-63.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Architects: <a href="http://www.opa.cl/">OPA</a> / Felipe del Río, Federico Campino</div>Location: Colina, Chile<br />Structural Engineer: Leonora Morales<br />Contractor: Jaime Martinez Jaca<br />Landscaping: José Ignacio Romussi<br />Interior Area: 200 sqm<br />Exterior Area: 77 sqm<br />Project Year: 2009<br />Photographs: Nico Saieh & Cristina Alemparte<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZ71_w_d4CYyhpNeenbtTYndG82I_nI0dPHtfxhUO1qiAUR47Um71Yt_UY-p0sS9S6q-Fog8Z2mWXa19gsL02Gw/emplazamiento.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa en Colina - OPA, arquitectura, casas-de-campo" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZ71_w_d4CYyhpNeenbtTYndG82I_nI0dPHtfxhUO1qiAUR47Um71Yt_UY-p0sS9S6q-Fog8Z2mWXa19gsL02Gw/emplazamiento.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br />VIA: <a href="http://tecnohaus.blogspot.com/2010/03/casa-en-colina-opa.html" target="_blank">TECNOHAUS</a>

House in Colina - OPA

This house is located just outside Santiago, in the rural area of the Colina Valley. The abundant vegetation and open space, dominated by hi...

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