recycled materials cottage by juan luis martínez nauhel. panguipulli, chile.
because the house is located in the wooded hillside of the pirihueico lake it is difficult to access - materials needed to be brought in by small trucks only. this led the client to search out & purchase demolition materials to incorporate in the new home.
some of those reinterpreted elements are:
-glazed doors from a 1960s house by horacio borgheresi which became the main facade of the new building (they originally belonged to the patio)
-eucalyptus & native rauli parquet floors from a 1970s house by larraín, swinburn & covarrubias became the main coating of the house.
-commercial laminated beams & steel pieces used for a temporary exhibition are now part of the main structural elements.