Black Home Design On Stilts Perch On Hillside Overlooking The Lake

BB house, or Casa BB designed by Chilean architecture studio Elton Léniz. In a private urbanization of five lots in front of Lake Calafquén and the Villarrica Volcano in southern Chile, this compact house sits almost like a container, on a wooden structure with minimal intervention in the terrain and the slope. The narrow proportion of the site suggested a small, vertical design that would allow maximizing unobstructed views of the impressive geography while freeing up as much space as possible between neighboring buildings. As it is a house of sporadic occupancy, the decisions of use, distribution and efficiency are what shape this house. The black metal enclosure is an example of this criterion, its color blends into the shadows of the landscape and protects the wooden structures and interior cladding from rainy weather. On the north facade, the revetment is micro-perforated to graduate solar radiation without losing the visual connection with the landscape. The social spaces are dev