Curved Walls House / Schwember García-Huidobro Arquitectos

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Chicureo, Chile
  • Engineer: Patricio Bertholet
  • Architect: Fernando García-Huidobro
  • City: Chicureo
  • Country: Chile
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Text description provided by the architects. The Curved Walls House is located on the outskirts of Santiago, in the Chicureo sector. One of the client's main requirements was that the house be as cool as possible, considering the high temperatures that are reached during the Mediterranean summer.

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Considering this context, a one-story house facing northeast is proposed, with two premises: building shade and thermal mass.

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Shade is achieved by means of a large ventilated wooden roof provided with wide eaves that prevent the entry of the sun in summer. This roof, manufactured with numerical control technology, is structured based on a module that is repeated every 1.8 meters, which is made up of trusses and laminated wood pillars.

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North Elevation
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West Elevation
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The thermal mass is given by the brick walls independent of the roof structure, which delimit the different rooms of the house, organized in two areas; a public area where the living room, dining room and kitchen are located, and a private area that houses the bedrooms.

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South Elevation
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Cite: "Curved Walls House / Schwember García-Huidobro Arquitectos" [Casa Muros Curvos / Schwember García-Huidobro Arquitectos] 23 Mar 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/998408/curved-walls-house-schwember-garcia-huidobro-arquitectos> ISSN 0719-8884

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