Parque Nacional Conguillio

Parque Nacional Conguillio

Polidura + Talhouk Arquitectos as Architects

A 700 km south of Santiago and 110 kilometers from the city of Temuco to the mountains, lies the National Park Conguillio.A Llaima Volcano feet, inside the park, is located "La Baita" a small meeting place for guests of eco-tourism center with the same name. For the distance from Santiago, the first thing we did when developing the task, fuebuscar a simple construction system that would run for teachers in the area and easy to monitor from a distance. Melipeuco in the shack, about 20 km away, the raw material was produced gross coigue were sawn planks of 3.60 meters long. Based on these boards, boards and a 2 "x10", created rooms and a new facade for the former construccion.Estos planks overlapped vertically, with plates of isolation through between. The posting was made only with wood screws from the outside wall resulting in a compound, which is transformed into structure, isolation and wall at a time. The interior plank rests on the piles and exterior insulation and bracing compresses the building. The new program, in addition to the expansion of the restaurant and six bedrooms with private bathrooms, contemplaun sauna, a massage room and multiple room. The new facade of restoranresuelve a gallery that complements this activity. Like all habitacionesdebian have the same view, and overlapping arise in relation to the topography of the site. The windows in all programs are the result of these views and the building system. The exterior corridor that unifies the room, follows the slope of the land and opens onto a garden terrace interior.Bajo, multiple room is located in a depression of the land, existing well, which eventually settle profile as an amphitheater natural. At the end of the process and over time, new boards have been gray exterior face dialogue with the landscape, lava and vegetation.

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