Canela House / ValdesHagemann

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Angostura, Chile
  • Architects: ValdesHagemann
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3014 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Roland Halbe
  • Lead Architects: Nicolas Valdes, Constanza Hagemann
  • Design Team: Giulio La Notte
  • Engineering: Alberto Ramirez
  • Landscape: Macarena Calvo, Cristobal Elgueta
  • City: Angostura
  • Country: Chile
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Canela House / ValdesHagemann - Exterior Photography
© Roland Halbe

Text description provided by the architects. Casa Canela is located in Agua Dulce, the coastal sector of Huentelauquén, in the commune of Canela, Coquimbo region.

Canela House / ValdesHagemann - Exterior Photography
© Roland Halbe
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Plan - 1st floor
Canela House / ValdesHagemann - Interior Photography, Living Room, Facade
© Roland Halbe

The house is located on a ground unevenness of about 5m, formed by strata exposed to the side of a ravine that historically had human presence dating back to B.C.

Canela House / ValdesHagemann - Interior Photography, Bedroom
© Roland Halbe

Originally, a thatched-roof stone wall construction was located in the same place that was used as an outdoor meeting place that confirmed the privileged condition of the place both for its views and its location. Our main intention is to leave the least possible footprint in this landscape with the project.

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Sections

We solved the house on a single level, close to the ground without interrupting the relationship between interior and exterior. Then we define a roof as a minimum plane, supported on a stone wall 50cm thick and 2.60m high. This wall was built before the house, as a border between the East and the West on the ground. This wall defines patios and interiors of the house, as a backing to the spaces that face the sea and the creek.

Canela House / ValdesHagemann - Exterior Photography
© Roland Halbe

The project is defined as a horizontal line that measures the horizon. Towards the East, the hermetic main façade through which you enter, and towards the West, completely open and transparent with the rooms open to the Pacific Sea.

Canela House / ValdesHagemann - Exterior Photography
Cortesía de ValdesHagemann

The roof and the rest of the supports of the house are in metal to achieve lights and lighter structural elements.

Canela House / ValdesHagemann - Exterior Photography
Cortesía de ValdesHagemann

The intervention is completed with landscaping using endemic species adapted to the area with low water demand.

Canela House / ValdesHagemann - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Roland Halbe

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Cite: "Canela House / ValdesHagemann" [Casa Canela / ValdesHagemann] 27 Jul 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/965498/canela-house-valdeshagemann> ISSN 0719-8884

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