PALPAPAS HOUSE is located in the historic part of a classic seaside town on Chile’s central coast. Its history is intrinsically linked to a construction technology, scale, and density that form part of the cultural landscape.

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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 distributed around a central courtyard open to the ocean. This approach aligns with the site’s density, optimizes sunlight exposure, and integrates the house into the landscape. The ground floor, made of white concrete and galvanized steel, consists of continuous slabs with separate volumes, dispersing across the terrain to generate an internal landscape.

Above this, three roof structures made of lenga wood rise, featuring colihue ceilings and coirón roofs—both traditional landscape technologies. Updated and refined, they open new technical and formal possibilities through subtle double curvatures that only an organic material can achieve.