Log in

Casa Curva

Casa Curva

A house, designed by Catalina Poblete and Guillermo Hevia García, that reorganizes the relationship with the lake landscape through a curved floor plan, avoiding the linear bar and proposing a spatial continuity with variations.

Fotografía Javier Agustín Rojas

The commission stipulated two main conditions: to guarantee lake views from all areas and to allow for different modes of use, from small-scale occupancy to accommodating a larger number of visitors. Faced with this seemingly conventional program, the project avoids the usual solutions—a bar parallel to the water or a two-level layout—and instead explores an alternative strategy.

Fotografía Javier Agustín Rojas

The design is resolved through a curved floor plan, rotated forty-five degrees, which unfolds the house panoramically towards the landscape. This approach expands the views and avoids the homogeneous frontality of the horizon, while simultaneously creating spatial continuity with volumetric variations.

Fotografía Javier Agustín Rojas

The design is based on the repetition of a single section, systematically arranged along the curved path. The structure is built using a steel exoskeleton that separates the support and enclosure, allowing for precise and efficient construction. This system makes it possible to assemble the structure and roof during the dry season and complete the finishing work during the rainy season.

Fotografía Javier Agustín Rojas
Fotografía Javier Agustín Rojas

The structural elements remain exposed both inside and out, reinforcing a clear construction logic. The large eaves protect the house from the rain, while the use of steel evokes the local imagery of infrastructure—bridges, walkways, or boats—placing the house in a register close to domestic infrastructure.

Fotografía Javier Agustín Rojas

The program is divided into two halves: a public one, near the entrance, and a private one, further away. The main spaces—living room, dining room, and kitchen—are located at the point of greatest opening of the curve, where they connect with two complementary terraces: one interior and covered, conceived as a barbecue area, and another exterior one, associated with the living room, intended for sunbathing and equipped with a small pool.

Fotografía Javier Agustín Rojas

The private areas are arranged as a sequence of en-suite bedrooms, following a logic similar to that of a hotel. All feature cross ventilation and direct sunlight, enhanced by a north-facing corridor.

Fotografía Javier Agustín Rojas

Through simple geometry and precise constructive logic, the project redefines the relationship between housing and landscape, proposing an alternative to conventional configurations in lake environments.

Proyecto Guillermo Hevia García, Catalina Poblete
Colaborador Felipe Droppelmann
Superficie 320 m²
Ubicación Lago Ranco, Chile
Año 2024
Fotografía Javier Agustín Rojas
a

Magazine made for you.

Featured:

No posts were found for provided query parameters.

Elsewhere:

Guardar en carpeta