Buildings not only convey their physical characteristics, but also symbolic values attributable to experiences and memories, including what we imagine and what we know.
In the case of a house, the bond between the user and the building represents a relationship that gains in symbolic value with everyday use.

© Pablo Casals Aguirre

Architects: Felipe Alarcón Carreño

Location: Lautaro, Linares, Chile

Area: 104.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Pablo Casals Aguirre

Collaborators: Juan Paulo Alarcón

Structural Consultant: Pedro Bartolomé

Construction: Felipe Alarcón-Darwin Barra

Client: Private

Construction System: Steel Structure
Budget: USD$320 x m2

Site Surface: 160 m2

© Pablo Casals Aguirre

Buildings not only convey their physical characteristics, but also symbolic values attributable to experiences and memories, including what we imagine and what we know.
In the case of a house, the bond between the user and the building represents a relationship that gains in symbolic value with everyday use.

© Pablo Casals Aguirre

Axonometric

© Pablo Casals Aguirre

This small house reform explores its user’s connection with the built environment, the meaningful link between materials and its attachment to memories. Therefore, preserving a certain state of affairs would become a disguised...