Kiltro Supersudaka House in Chile

Designed by Juan Pablo Corvalan and Gabriel Vergara Chilean release Supersudaka, this home located in Talca (Chile) is a very good example of the new Latin American architecture. Kiltro The house, built with a budget of $ 80,000, covers an area of 104 m2 and is located in the Central Valley, an unpopulated area just five minutes from the city.
Situated on a hill slope impossible, Kiltro house design was in a volatile due to the many changes in the limited budget, program, and even in building permits. It followed a strategy based on trial and error has produced a result simple and complex at once. Surprisingly, the calculated geometry of the house has come to resemble formally the hills of the landscape.
Starting with a square basic shape, the shape of the building has evolved into a much more irregular volume, according to the architects, the final form is a mixture similar to a dog bastard Kiltro (name given in Chile for a mixed dog .)

The final design of the plant of 104 m2 corresponds to a large open space around an inner courtyard, which includes a kitchen with the living room and dining room attached to an office, two spaces perfectly interchangeable. The most stable part of the program component that includes a master bedroom suite bathroom and terrace with views, and a study or additional guest room is located next to the main bathroom. All spaces are connected internally and externally with the court together with a continuous walkway around the house.
Interestingly, the first thing the visitor encounters on reaching the house is a wooden terrace with 360 º views over the valley, but works as a complement structural function of absorbing horizontal forces in an earthquake, preventing reinforcements crossed windows that would harm the views of the valley. This wood deck really in a package located on the deck and extending over it to protect the house from the sun during the summer, very strong in this central area of Chile. Its shape and slope was calculated to allow natural light in through the windows first thing in the morning in summer and most of the day in winter when the sun is at a lower angle. Most of the glass walls of the house can be opened to allow natural cross ventilation between the courtyard and external facade, allowing a natural regulation of temperature. With metal frame and glass walls have been sought cheap recyclable materials for its construction: wood is cypress trees down and the stone pavement is all in the area.
The founder of the architectural firm Supersudaka, Juan Pablo Corvalan, was born in Geneva in 1973 and studied architecture in Geneva, Chile and the Netherlands. In Chile, has worked with the architect Mathias Klotz, and currently teaches at the School of Architecture at the University of Talca. He was selected in the Panorama Emerging Ibero-American Architecture Biennale Iberoamericana held in Peru in 2004 and represents the international organization Supersudaca in Chile, think tank for architecture and urban research. Writer usual Domus and other publications in Chile, has taught and conferences in Lima, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Rotterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Sydney and Mumbai.