Beach House Los Molles designed by DRN Architects

Architects: Oltmann Ahlers W., Oltmann Alhers G., Nicolás del Río, Max Núñez.
Collaborator: Felipe Camus.
Location: Cachagua, V Region, Chile.
Built Surface: 280 sqm.
Building Contractor: Constructora el Pangue.
Year: 2009.
Photographs: Felipe Camus / Sergio Pirrone.

The irony of not having direct view of the ocean on a seaside house appears as a possibility for orienting this beach house towards a more unexpected landscape. The open horizon of the Pacific has been replaced by the view the near hillsides to the west, and to the protected space defined by a group of preexisting trees. This independent backyard, isolated from the intense summer life of the beach town of Cachagua, offers a calmed retreat to take distance from the city. Here, the close relation to topography stimulates spontaneous exterior circulations between rooms, giving the same relevance to the interior life of the house as to the exterior events, trying to enhance the informal condition of the beach house and the possibility of a life “outdoors”.

Source : drn