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Mountaineer's Refuge | Gonzalo Iturriaga Arquitectos

San Esteban, Chile

Mountaineer's Refuge | Gonzalo Iturriaga Arquitectos

Photo credits: Federico Cairoli

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PROJECT DETAILS:

Architectural firm: Gonzalo Iturriaga Arquitectos
Lead architect: Gonzalo Iturriaga Atala
Project:Refugio para un montañista (Mountaineer’s refuge)

Year:2015-16
Location:Comuna de San esteban, V región, Chile.
Surface area: 60 M2
Photo credits: Federico Cairoli

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The design brief was for a small cabin with a roof, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom – the necessities for resuming the mountain trek begun the day before.

The proposal involved building, through planes and angles, a structure that provides an entrance through its folds and exterior views through its cuts. Built around a central core of services, the exterior shape and interior volume are defined by the folds.

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At one end of the cabin is the bedroom, along with a storage room for mountaineering equipment. The other end features a sitting area where the nearby mountain draws the eye toward the panoramic view.

The exterior is finished in pine, metal elements and picture windows that perform both structural and volumetric functions.