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Plus occasional updates on Dezeen’s services and breaking news. Sent every Tuesday and containing a selection of the most important news highlights. Sent every Thursday and featuring a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories. Our most popular newsletter, formerly known as Dezeen Weekly. Other examples include a black-and-red cabin built Chiloé in a repurposed boathouse, a home that appears to have three roofs stacked on top of each other and a home perched on bright red stilts by the ocean. Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has completed several projects in southern Chile. A gently curved roof covers the entire building The occupants can drive right up to the structure and park beneath it, while a wooden boardwalk provides access to the shore nearby. "This small project responds to this tradition, a light construction with a fragile destiny, neither a house nor a shed, but rather a roof formed by rods and knots that house minimum spaces for services," said Acuña. A wooden boardwalk provides access to the shore nearby The upstairs area includes a generous terrace at either end of the building, allowing its users to work outdoors in any weather.Ī gently curved roof covers the entire construction and offers deep overhanging eaves to keep rainwater away from the outside walls. Read: Citic teams up with local builders for gabled lakeside house in Chile This includes its structural supports, cladding and interior finishes.Īcuña's chose a two-storey timber structure, with a mostly open ground floor for parking and utility spaces and an enclosed first floor with a compact dwelling space. Much like the traditional fishing sheds of the Huilliche people, the building is entirely made of wood. The structure has a mostly open ground floor They were previously dressed in tiles and now covered in zinc," the architect added. "Light constructions used for services can still be seen in all the houses in Chiloé. "In the thick forest behind the shore, they would erect fragile fireplaces built with sticks that were tied together with leather knots and light, delicate reed covers," Acuña explained. Guillermo Acuña created a two-storey timber structure The architect describes it as "an ancient Huilliche locality with a population of approximately 40 families."Īcuña studied the traditional constructions of the Huilliche people, who would usually construct lightweight wooden structures near the island's rocky beaches to smoke fish and preserve it. The site itself is located in a village named Ancud, at the northern end of the island.
Guillermo Acuña took cues from local fishing huts for its design