'P' Beach House

A Summer Celebration - 'P' Beach House

Metrópolis Oficina de Arquitectura as Architects

Beach house imagined as a big balcony with a view to the sea. In the main façade, a big frame converts the landscape in a fantastic changing picture forming part of all the social area, which is integrated in a unique open space towards the beach.


The side façade is covered with a skin to create a transition between what is public and what is private. This treatment gives more privacy because of the proximity of the neighboring house.


The back façade is a blind volume whose clear composition defines the formal entrance.


The entire project incorporates light as one more architectural element: Elevates the house in the two fronts, stands out volumetry, hierarchizes entrances and stands out the contrast between red and white.


Due to its condition of a seasonal project, its treatment is avant-garde and light-hearted to announce the joyful character associated with the Summer.


The design incorporates aesthetic codes of the sixties and reinterprets them to create a dystopic condition. As a result, the house stands out over its environment for being an atypical project.


From the inside of the living room, the architecture offers a frame that shows the landscape of the beach, the island and the sunset.


Design: Metrópolis Oficina de Arquitectura Arch. José Orrego Herrera

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