Chilean Studio Iragüen Viñuela Designs Prefabricated Timber House Casa SI in Coastal Algarrobo
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Summary
Chilean architecture studio Iragüen Viñuela Arquitecto designed Casa SI, a prefabricated wooden house in Algarrobo, Chile, exploring the expressive potential of timber construction. The square-shaped residence serves as a primary home for a couple relocating from northern Chile, built on a gently sloping hillside site near the Pacific Ocean. The design emphasizes orderly geometry and efficient prefabrication techniques while responding to the coastal landscape.
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Serving as a primary residence for a couple relocating from northern Chile, Casa SI sits within the hilly outskirts of Algarrobo, a coastal resort town
It was built on a gently sloping site
Iragüen Viñuela experiments with 'expressive potential' of prefab timber in Chile
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