




CASA ILIHUE
2024-ONGOING
Architect: Santiago Valdivieso - Nicolás Dominguez
Area: 110 m2
Location: Ilihue , Lago Ranco. CHILE.
Structural Engineer: Pablo Ñanco
Constructor: Samuel Muñoz
The house is located in the historic part of a classic seaside town on Chile’scentral coast. Its history is intrinsically linked to a construction technology, scale, and density that form part of the cultural landscape.
The house faces the sea and the south, where a humid forest meets the ocean. In Chile, a south-facing orientation means shade: anything placed in front of a structure will cast a shadow.
The project is fragmented, positioned perpendicular to the sea, and distributedaround a central courtyard open to the ocean. This approach aligns with the site’sdensity, optimizes sunlight exposure, and integrates the house into the landscape.
The ground floor, made of white concrete and galvanized steel, consists ofcontinuous slabs with separate volumes, dispersing across the terrain to generatean internal landscape. Above this, three roof structures made of lenga wood rise, featuring colihue ceilings and coirón roofs—both traditional landscapetechnologies. Updated and refined, they open new technical and formal possibilities through subtle double curvatures that only an organic material can achieve.
The house is located in the historic part of a classic seaside town on Chile’scentral coast. Its history is intrinsically linked to a construction technology, scale, and density that form part of the cultural landscape.
The house faces the sea and the south, where a humid forest meets the ocean. In Chile, a south-facing orientation means shade: anything placed in front of a structure will cast a shadow.
The project is fragmented, positioned perpendicular to the sea, and distributedaround a central courtyard open to the ocean. This approach aligns with the site’sdensity, optimizes sunlight exposure, and integrates the house into the landscape.
The ground floor, made of white concrete and galvanized steel, consists ofcontinuous slabs with separate volumes, dispersing across the terrain to generatean internal landscape. Above this, three roof structures made of lenga wood rise, featuring colihue ceilings and coirón roofs—both traditional landscapetechnologies. Updated and refined, they open new technical and formal possibilities through subtle double curvatures that only an organic material can achieve.