This house replaces a derelict 1940’s lone storey cottage (with associated outhouses) which hovers above the landscape below. These areas are contained within a propped cantilevered section, which previously existed on foot at first stagger direct via a long stepped processional road to focus the applicant to the point of statement while also weighting the [...]

Work’s title: Santa Clara County Housing Project
Management: A Roof for Chile Foundation
Author: Oware Architects
Team work: Alvaro Benitez, Emilio De la Cerda, Thomas Folch, Mirko Salfate
Contributors: Samuel Bravo, Celine Castritius, Gabriel Lagos, Patricio Larrain, Thomas Lillo, Cristian Martinez
Construction: Inark S.A.
Technical advisers: Technopanel, Hunter Douglas, Nova Chemicals, Instapanel
Location: Isla Robinson Crusoe, Juan Fernandez Archipelago
Surface of the ground: [...]

Front design of Paris Social Housing by ECDM
Located at the intersection of the homogeneous and Haussmannian facades of Gossec Street, and of the disparate architecture built in stages on Picpus Street, the site for this 63-unit social housing program is part of a typical ‘collage-city’ landscape. It is characterized by two ground levels: at the [...]

With one window facing Fifth Avenue and the remainder of the space oriented north to buildings across the street, the apartment is divided into two defined zones, living and service, that are connected by a link that could not be enlarged.

The living rooms from Modern House Design 3 Mews are on the middle floor. Bedrooms are on the ground floor and in the vaulted roof. The materials with which the houses are built are brick, reinforced concrete, oak, plaster and copper. The floor area of each 3 Mews house is 1300sqft, the end house is 1500sqft. The Modern House Design 3 Mews were built for the owner of the bigger house on Leson Street were completed in 2002. The Living dining room on the first floor is screened from the main house externally by awnings and single stem Birch trees.