Casa Y, Tunquén, Chile by Estudio Sie7e + Benjamín Goñi Arquitectos

Estudio Sie7e + Benjamín Goñi Arquitectos: The site of the house is on a hill in Tunquén, a coastal town just over an hour from Santiago. The client's brief was to design a beach house that could eventually become a permanent residence, but not a conventional house. With that in mind, when we visited the site we found that the best location for the house was at the highest point of the hill—offering the best views, but also the least protection from the wind. In addition, given that the plot is quite large, we felt it appropriate for the house to relate to the entire site in 360 degrees, borrowing the approach of villas and their relationship to the landscape—the idea of being able to look in all directions...