Wood-clad home by Ignacio Correa steps down a Chilean hillside

Chilean studio Ignacio Correa Arquitecto has completed the House in Three Heights in Chile, which features two timber-clad buildings connected by a slender bridge enclosure with glazed walls.

The house is located on a tree-studded hillside in Zapallar, a coastal town in Chile's Valparaíso region.

The project involved the renovation of a small, existing dwelling built in 2014 and the creation of a multi-height extension that responds to the site's sloped terrain.

The original, 70-square-metre building – which is clad in glass and is roughly triangular in plan – was designed to capture wide views of the landscape, including a bay that merges with the Pacific Ocean. The building sits on the high point of the site.

The remainder of the site extends downward, terminating at a flat area that provides access. The sloped stretch between the existing structure and the property's entry point is where the addition was placed.

The studio set out to create "a sequence of spaces and enclosures that allow the place and its relationships to be recognized".

"This distance between the pre-existence and the access is what the proposal understands as the project area, and at the same time, as the opportunity to appropriate that landscape," said Ignacio Correa Arquitecto, a studio based in Santiago.

The 80-square-metre addition consists of a two-storey structure with an irregular footprint, and a slender bridge enclosure that connects the new building to the old one.

The two-storey building rests atop a concrete plinth, while the bridge is held up by steel supports.

Facades are clad in dark knotty pine, and the same earthy material was used indoors for flooring and walls. Large stretches of glass provide immersive views of the landscape.

In the existing building, the team added 15 square metres. The space now holds a kitchen, dining area, living room and bathroom.

The addition serves as the home's private zone, as it contains two bedrooms, a bathroom, and storage.

Other projects by Ignacio Correa Arquitecto include a small, glazed holiday home in La Estrella that is slightly bent in plan, and a two-storey dwelling in Patagonia that was influenced by the area's challenging weather.

The photography is by Nicolás Saieh.

Project credits:

Architect: Ignacio Correa Arquitecto
Engineer: Alex Pop
Builder: Hugo Borquez
Lightning: During Iluminación

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