Living House / Chetecortes Architects

Designed for a business family who spends a lot of time traveling, with a culture of fluidity and continuity of energy in their lives.

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Architects: Chetecortes Architects

Location: Asia District, Peru

Architects In Charge: Daniel CortÃ©s, Lorena Alfaro

Area: 530.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Nadia Riva

Project Team: Larry Zlatar, Daniel Lama, Carlos Carrasco, Katherine Tocto, Walter Flores, Freddy Bellido

Builder: Chetecortes Arquitectos

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From the architect. Designed for a business family who spends a lot of time traveling, with a culture of fluidity and continuity of energy in their lives.
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We begin by understanding the movement of people through body expression, using photography as tools.A picture of a sleeping person describes her as static, resting and distributing all her weight on the bed, placing most of the surface of her body on it.

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A photo of a person walking, is fixed, but describes a movement. The person distributes his weight through the legs, reaching the feet that touch the ground with very little surface.

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First Floor Plan

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Second Floor Plan

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That is why the house is an object that is on the floor, which i...

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