A Cantilevered Home in Southern Chile Takes Design Cues From Lake, Trees, and Sky
In designing a family retreat in Araucanía, Aguilo + Pedraza Architects uses form and materiality to weave the home into its wondrous surroundings.
"It’s as if the house is part of the natural scenery," says Roberto Del Fierro, describing the new home in Araucanía, Chile, that he shares with his wife, María Elena, and their three sons, Tomás, Cristóbal, and Benjamín. "When we’re inside," he says, "it feels like we’re out in the landscape."
The home in Araucanía, Chile, that Aguilo + Pedraza Architects designed for Roberto and María Elena Del Fierro and their three sons features a northern facade clad mostly with glass, providing the family unhindered views of the landscape.
Photo: Cristóbal Palma
The Del Fierros live primarily in Santiago but escape to Araucanía whenever possible. There, the family thrives amid the mountains, volcanoes, deep green grasslands, and patches of dense woodland that surround the glassy surface of Lake Colico.
The house’s angled roofline mimics the wooded hillside behind it.
Photo by Cristóbal Palma
The architects nestled the home into a fold in the topography so that the western facade grips the land, and the eastern facade cantilevers over a small slope.
Photo by Cristóbal Palma
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