Dune House / WHALE!

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Tunquen, Chile
  • Architects: WHALE!
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  305
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Dune House / WHALE! - Exterior Photography, Facade
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Axo
Dune House / WHALE! - Exterior Photography
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Text description provided by the architects. Casa Duna is located on a flat terrain, without views, and exposed to both the north wind and the main road of the La Boca fund in Tunquén. It appears to the environment as a tapered body devoid of openings.

Dune House / WHALE! - Exterior Photography
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First floor plan
Dune House / WHALE! - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Natalia Oyarzún

The walls, too long, are covered in untreated 1x4'' wood, like the board fences, covers, or quarters that abound in the area to cover sawmill sheds or simply to delimit plots.

Dune House / WHALE! - Exterior Photography
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Second floor plan
Dune House / WHALE! - Interior Photography
© Natalia Oyarzún

Nothing of the program is revealed to the landscape, only a body, a skin, and a distant expression of a sphinx. Once the threshold is crossed, the enigma is solved. The interiors do not encompass the entirety of the volume that is appreciated from the exterior. Instead, a linear and alternating sequence of rooms and courtyards.

Dune House / WHALE! - Exterior Photography, Facade
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Section
Dune House / WHALE! - Exterior Photography, Facade, Concrete
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The simple program on the first level includes a living room, which includes the kitchen, and two twin bedrooms linked to private bathrooms. A system of four sliding doors allows for flexible spatial rearrangements.

Dune House / WHALE! - Interior Photography, Concrete
© Natalia Oyarzún
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Section
Dune House / WHALE! - Interior Photography
© Natalia Oyarzún

On the second floor, the master bedroom with bathroom and a lookout terrace in search of distant geographies. The main courtyard, elongated and sunny, includes a deck, a pool, a gray gravel surface, and a service area.

Dune House / WHALE! - Interior Photography, Kitchen
© Natalia Oyarzún
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Elevation
Dune House / WHALE! - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Countertop, Sink
© Natalia Oyarzún

The private courtyard, square and with soft ground, serves as natural light for the two bedrooms on the first level. Since the house was completed, the bolds, liters, and other native species have had a respite from the north wind and are beginning to let go of their shyness to grow with greater vigor.

Dune House / WHALE! - Interior Photography
© Natalia Oyarzún
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Elevation
Dune House / WHALE! - Interior Photography
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Cite: "Dune House / WHALE!" [Casa Duna / WHALE!] 18 May 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1001189/dune-house-whale> ISSN 0719-8884

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