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Contemporary Country House for Luxury Living in Chile

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Contemporary Country House for Luxury Living in Chile

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Contemporary Country House for Luxury Living in Chile
Designed by Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido studio this contemporary country house is located in Calera Tango, Santiago, Chile. It’s built for a happy family on 4.5 Ha area with fruit trees only in one hour drive from capital. Concrete foundation wall that what elevates house from the ground includes a swimming pool and a basement. The first volume consist of public spaces like living and dining rooms. This volume is mostly covered by large gazing or with Larch wood. The second volume at the same time is a glass-and-concrete box which features more private sleeping areas. Glass used in the glazing is a thermo-pane glass with a green dye, which filters out ultraviolet rays and creates the greenhouse effect. Folding windows at the top around the perimeter of the house develops a better ventilation. [Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido]

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Casa Hof – Island Country House

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Casa Hof – Island Country House

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Casa Hof – Island Country House
Island is the country with awesome nature. Although the climate is quite cold the landscapes look beautiful all year long. Country houses usually are quite isolated and peaceful in there. Hof is one of such houses situated in the Skakafjördur fjord, less than 100km from the Arctic Circle.
Externally the house rises from the tufted site as a series of sheer cedar and concrete walls that will weather according to the vagaries of the elements. The displaced grass of the field is reinstated on the roof and the surrounding meadow is cut and folded in earthworks of turf and stone that open ways to the entrance and terrace. Most internal walls are of raw or painted concrete and the ceilings, doors and other carpentry are predominately of oiled sawn oak with steel details; a rustic palette offset by smooth painted planes. The house is highly insulated and thermally stable due to the massive concrete walls, stone floors and balanced fenestration. Geothermal water is used for the floor heating and radiators as well as for all domestic use. Electricity use is minimized by design and the little that is required is sourced from hydroelectric and geothermal sources. Hof country house is the work of Studio Granda.

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