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A house between courtyard and garden.

Casa Buin
Buin, Chile
Private house / Built
Casa Buin seen from the garden, with its glazed façade
Architecture
OF Arquitectos + Paula Velasco + Alberto Moletto
Year
2011
Photography
Nico Saieh

A house with two sides.

Casa Buin, also known as Casa Errázuriz Cooper, is arranged between a timber-clad entrance front and an open garden façade. A long gallery accompanies the rooms and connects inside and outside.

01

Two fronts.

Timber cladding forms a more enclosed face towards the entrance. The garden side opens through a sequence of glass doors and windows.

The volume opening towards the garden.
The volume opening towards the garden.
The timber-clad entrance front.
The timber-clad entrance front.
02

Light and movement.

Natural light reaches the gallery and interior rooms along the house. Timber roof and cladding give continuity to the route.

Interior space and gallery.
Interior space and gallery.
Light across the timber roof.
Light across the timber roof.
03

Courtyard and trees.

Existing trees mark the approach and frame the relationship between house and site.

Courtyard beneath the trees.
Courtyard beneath the trees.