Maytue House
Architect: Juan Carlos Sabbagh Arquitectos
Location: Ranco Lake, Chile
Type: House
Year: 2023
Photographs: Nicolás Saieh
The following description is courtesy of the architects. The land is located on the shore of the Golfo Azul in Ranco lake. It has a long shape that gives it a relatively perpendicular orientation to the lake. In its upper part it is densely populated with large native trees and has a transversal slope. As you move towards the lake, the density of the forest decreases, the slope increases and becomes longitudinal, falling sharply towards the beach. This generates that spatially the terrain is divided into two different situations.
In the upper part, where the access is, the land has greater privacy and connection with the forest, while in the lower third the steep slope opens the land to the beautiful distant views, where the landscape dominates.
Given the beauty of the forest, the first design decision was to intervene as little as possible in the place. With this premise there is a strip free of trees of approximately 6 meters that advantageously is also located in the direction of the terrain lines. This free space is then used by projecting a narrow and long volume, which avoids cutting trees.
As if it was a fallen trunk, frequent in the southern forests, the project proposes a wooden bar suspended between the trees, using larch tiles as a covering, common in local constructions, which is left natural so that with time it takes on the characteristic gray color of dry trunks and blend into the landscape. This bar is located longitudinally to the land, taking advantage of its length, so that when going through the house the connection between this duality of the intimate forest versus the distant views is constantly experienced.
The bedrooms for children, guests and other private rooms are immersed in the privacy of the forest, while the main bedroom and the living room are at the far end and suspended, taking advantage of the best views.
Transversely, the project proposes a single-pitch roof, which opens the space to the north-east to receive the winter sun when the oaks drop their leaves and also allows to perceive the height and verticality of the trees.
About the project’s program, it was designed so it can be divided in two, in order to have the flexibility to use it completely when the whole family is there, or in parts when fewer people use it. Both sections have independent accesses and service rooms that allow independent operation of the parts, which is very practical when two families share the same roof.
Project Details
- Project name: Maytue House
- Architecture office: Juan Carlos Sabbagh Arquitectos
- Website: www.jcsarquitectos.cl
- Social networks: jcsarquitectos
- Architect(s) in charge: Juan Carlos Sabbagh Cruz
- Completion year: 2021
- Constructed area (m2): 533m2
- Location: Maytue Condominium, Futrono, Lago Ranco, Los Ríos Region, Chile
- Program: Single Family Housing
- Photography: Nicolás Saieh
Project Credits
- Interior Design: Trinidad Fernandez Cox
- Structural Engineering: Sergio Contreras and Associates Victor Palma Gonzalez (Eng. in charge)
- Lighting: Monica Pérez and Associates
- Electricity and Weak Currents: ICG Electrical Engineering
- Sanitary Engineering: Nortem Integrated Engineering Nortem
- Heating: Integrated Engineering
