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D House by Panorama
Chilean architects Panorama have completed this compact cliff-top house in Matanzas, Chile.
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The ground floor of the D House contains a living space and a child's bedroom.
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An enclosed terrace to the north provides an outdoor space sheltered from the wind.
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The first floor plan is rotated 45 degrees in relation to the ground floor, creating a double-height space over the kitchen/dining area.
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The remaining first floor space houses the master bedroom and bathroom.
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Photographs are by Cristobal Valdés.
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The following is from the architects:
Architects: Panorama (Nicolás Valdés+Constanza Hagemann)
Location: Matanzas, Chile
Project Area: 96M2
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This house in Matanzas , Chile by Panorama, is situated at the top of a cliff, 65 mts. approximately above sea level.
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A two storey house, for a couple and their son, is structured within a square volume of 9 by 9mts.
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Inside intersects another volume at a higher level, which is rotated 45 degrees in relation to the floor plan, allowing double heights and the organisation of space in the first floor.
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The program is ordered in a simple way, a single space for the living room, dinning room and kitchen and on the back a sleeping area and the stairs to the second floor.
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Then, to the side and facing north the terrace, partly enclosed, allowing the users to be outside the days of extreme wind.
Finally, in the diagonal volume, the room and the toilet.
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Three defined sectors as the result of the orientation to the panoramic views of the landscape, the isle, the beach and the forest in front of the ocean.
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