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Cabaña Lanalhue (menos que cero): Contulmo, Chile | 2014 - 2015

2015; Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; Issue: 91 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4067/s0717-69962015000300017

0717-6996

Juan Pablo Corvalán,

Architecture and Art History Studies

In this small summer house, completely built in an analogous way, the hand-drawn grid-sheet schemes replaced technical drawings and the conversation between architect and builder made specifications unnecessary, demonstrating that the common language of vernacular construction allows us to rethink current production processes in architecture.Key words • wood, house, barn, analogous, minimal "Nothing unusual", was the premise for designing this cabin located on the banks of Lake Lanalhue.Realized in a completely analogous way, its execution depended mainly on one person and his empiric experience.The project was defined by assuming the conventions, material availability, and feasibility of construction in the place including felling the non-native trees in the site.In general, products from the general market available in the nearby town were used only for technical aspects.Instead of specifying a design, the concrete construction possibilities were agreed upon with a local builder (informal contractor), opting for a small barn-like dwelling.This resulted in an archetypal extruded section cabaña lanalhue