Esmeralda House with Emerald Mineral inspiration by Cazú Zegers

Date of Publishing: October 19, 2022

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Architecture Design of Esmeralda House

Description About The Project

Esmeralda House designed by Cazú Zegers Arquitectura is a modern project with inspiration for its form is the Emerald Mineral. Indeed, Cazú Zegers was able to deconstruct the shape of an emerald by drawing in order to give this house its peculiar shape. Besides, the construction conceived as a regular square plan, with a central void around which to circulate and which. In turn, fulfills the condition of granting natural light and passive ventilation to the house.

Located at the foot of the hill, with a slope of around 30 degrees, the volume suspended on a forest of concrete pillars that fulfills a double function. On the one hand, the entire surface of the land becomes a garden. Hence, generate a series of intermediate areas that allow to enjoy the stunning view of the site, covered terraces, and a barbecue area. And on the other hand, it allows the inhabitants to inhabit the exterior of the house for almost the whole year, enjoy a mild Mediterranean climate, characteristic of the central area of Chile.

The house is a wooden fuselage that rises from the ground through inclined concrete pillars that represent the image of a “forest”. Also, allow the landscape to pass under the house, create a covered outdoor space from which to look towards the mountain. A space conceived as a pavilion that opens onto the landscape, with a double circulation through the perimeters marked by the interior patio and the circulation in front of the closing façade of the house that passes along the windows but without touching them. Generate a continuity through the different rooms.

The Architecture Design Project Information:

Project Name: Esmeralda House
Location: Santiago, Chile
Project Year: 2015
Area: 528 m²
Designed by: Cazú Zegers Arquitectura

Esmeralda House with Emerald Mineral inspiration by Cazú Zegers — Esmeralda House blends in with the nature and offers a stunning views to the mountain and nature surrounding.

Esmeralda House Inspired by Traditional Roman House by Cazú Zegers — An outdoor patio area with the pool.

Indeed, the genesis of the geometry of the cover arises from the study of the formation process of the emerald crystal that grows in a system of platonic polyhedrons until it reaches the icosahedron. This volumetry generates the twist of the square plan, expressed mainly in the rotated central patio that is transformed into a contemporary reinterpretation of the classic Roman patio.

The Esmeralda House Gallery:

Text by the Architects: At the foot of the Manquehue hill, in the Lo Barnechea commune, Esmeralda House is located. It is part of a family settlement built within a privileged sector of Santiago. The project, for the architect’s mother, bears the name Esmeralda because her daughter Clara thus defines her grandmother’s eyes.

Photo credit: Juan Purcell, Cristóbal Palma| Source: Cazú Zegers Arquitectura

For more information about this project; please contact the Architecture firm :
– Add: Vitacura, Santiago de Chile
– Tel: +56 22 952 7303
– Email: info@cazuzegers.cl