Choosing the main material for your house may be quite a problem. Wood? Steel? Or stone? So to finish this week’s Round Up, we bring you previoulsy featured stone houses on ArchDaily.
Pirihueico House / Alejandro Aravena A volcanic site, 4.000 mm of rain every year, strong winds from the north and east, views towards the lake (east) and the forest (west), considerations of the difficulty of bringing materials to this remote place, erasure of any a priori architectural language (be it old or contemporary) were the ingredients of this unknown dish, that should have the capacity to sound familiar once developed. eing the weather condition very extreme, we started taking as less risk as possible; that’s why we began from the double sloped conventional roof (read more…)
Refuge in the Countryside / Juan Herreros Arquitectos The project converts an existing vernacular structure that formerly served as a refuge into a small residence. The approach consisted of replicating the original volume symmetrically to conserve the original conditions and technical function of an apparently innocent construction that was designed intelligently where its orientation, ventilation and water collection facilities, etc. were concerned. A dry-constructed outer wall stimulates an open and voluntary dialogue with the different aspects of the local climate (read more…)
