Casa Puertecillo

Single-family house in Puertecillo, O’Higgins Region. The brief was to adapt a steeply sloping site to build a family home, creating a system of terraces on which the house volume rests, covered by one large timber roof that unifies the whole.

The first floor is shaped as a large stepped terrace that adapts to the natural relief. It holds the children’s bedrooms, a small lounge and bathrooms, a contained base close to the ground.

The second floor, more open and raised, brings together the main suite with the living, dining and kitchen areas. The roof, conceived as a large mantle, breaks and lifts on its north face to make room for an attic office facing the landscape.