Beach Refuge - Pablo Errázuriz

The refugee is located 260km at the north of Santiago. The challenge was to design a space with a reduced budget to spend short vacations. It had also to be safe and easy to maintain.

The program consists of 3 elements:

- Container; a recovered container, cladded with corten steel plates with wooden boards painted white for the interiors, which include a bathroom and a kitchen.

The exterior has a wooden deck terrace with a steel structure on top of it with the same dimensions as the container (6×2.4m) that holds a PVC sheet for wall and ceiling when required.

- Tent yard; a small area marked by low stone walls with river sand, connected trough gravel footsteps.

- Water tower; acting as a warehouse and “engine room” on the first level, a bedroom on the 2nd level and a water tank on the 3rd level.

Architect: Pablo Errázuriz
Location: Huentelauquén, Chile
Site Area: 5,000 sqm
Project Area: 24 sqm
Design Year: 2008
Construction Year: 2009
Photographs: Pablo Errázuriz

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