Hachi Cabin / Medio Arquitectura

Hachi Cabin / Medio Arquitectura

Textual content description supplied by the architects. Refugio Hachi is a mission situated within the rural space of the Villarrica commune in southern Chile. It’s located on a plot with considerable native forest and, with the intention of preserving the present timber and benefiting from the sunshine and warmth, it was determined to find the mission in the one out there clearing. The consumer, a jeweler, wished a refuge that not solely served as her dwelling, but in addition as a spot to design and work. The design of this area needed to meet the next necessities: thermal effectivity, consolation, spaciousness, illumination, and views of the native forest.

As it’s a mission of some sq. meters, it was determined to design a single giant area, meting out with dividing partitions and utilizing stage adjustments to mark the distinction between areas. The mission has three ranges; it’s accessed from the southeast, the decrease stage, the place the laundry, loggia, and kitchen are situated, and the place the morning gentle enters. Then, climbing two steps, you attain the principle space, the place the lounge is situated, which advances in direction of the north searching for morning, noon, and afternoon gentle.

On this similar space to the south is the workspace, thus receiving oblique gentle, superb for this career. Lastly, on the third stage, two extra steps up, is the principle room, the lavatory going through south, and a protected island bathtub inside. The latter is situated in a quantity that advances in direction of the northwest providing views of the native forest from all sides. The roof of the mission transforms in response to every area, producing giant home windows that search daylight and forest views.

For the mission ground, a single materials was hunted for all areas, with out seen joints, with a country look, and on the similar time straightforward to wash. With these necessities, vitrified concrete was chosen, which was handcrafted by an area ceramist. All partitions and ceilings are fabricated from white bone-painted plasterboard in order to not detract from the origami-like morphology of the ceiling. The wooden seen inside is previous bridge buildings from the realm that had been rescued for the mission.

These items of wooden had been used for various capabilities; two giant previous beams had been used for the extent adjustments, leaving them overlapping immediately on the ground and every change between areas is accompanied by a wood arch of enormous sections, separated from the partitions to permit a view of the pillars from all sides. In the principle area, a big truss was left in view. These woods have an ornamental and useful which means on the similar time. The outside is roofed with pre-painted black zinc that covers many of the mission, apart from the amount that advances in direction of the north, which was lined with native stone, put in by native stonemasons.