garden strips

Los Molles House is weekend house for a large family without a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean thus allowing the Architects to orientate the residence in a less expected viewpoint. The brief required a 'minimum' spatial needs of a large family, indicating that if the program was built in one single volume there would be little open space; something undesirable due to the qualities of the site.

The Architects have divided the space in five parallel strips, occupying the site in its full length. The interior scheme of the residence are organized into garden-house-garden-house-garden spaces; this fragmentation defines the levels, produces flow between inside and outside spaces thus creating parallel interior and exterior connections to encourage a more casual life outdoors.In winter, as the number of people reduces, a more inward looking lifestyle is adopted by keeping only the 2nd floor open.