HOUSE IN 30°. Concrete is poured and molded into its formwork, wood is joined together. Both tasks are done by a carpenter. In the end, it’s the same and opposed technology.

 

The house is located on the outskirts of Santiago, in the foothills, within a gated community where each home follows its own logic: houses set apart from the property lines, surrounded by gardens. This house seeks to reverse that condition. A 26-meter-long triangular beam supports the front roof, spanning from boundary to boundary, transforming the idea of a “house with a garden” into a “house with a patio.”

 

On the ground floor, the house is semi-buried, disconnecting from its immediate surroundings. At the back, an intimate patio shelters everyday life. At the front, in contrast, a large 15-by-5-meter open-plan room extends into the main patio.

 

On the second floor, the house rotates 30° to align with true north. This shift generates a series of displacements that, like a vortex, are captured by an inclined wall over the entrance patio. At this point, the wall and the skylight open a clean void to the sky, guiding natural light and its colors into the heart of the house. The open skylight, repeated in other projects, insists on the virtue of contemplating the sky from a domestic interior.

 

The concrete wall incorporates formwork “sleeves”, allowing methacrylate tubes to channel daylight into the interior, while at night, the process reverses, illuminating the street.

 

In the bedrooms, a folding lenga wood lattice performs the same function: regulating light and temperature inside, while outside, it acts as a glowing lantern.