This house shares the same property with a 1960s Elton house. It was a very emotional commission for our office because the architect was Jorge Elton Alamos, the grandfather of our partner Mirene Elton. Both houses are located in the old part of Cachagua, which was also designed by Elton. Characteristic of this development are its winding streets that are still surfaced with crushed gravel, the low and transparent green fences between the houses, and the thatched roofs.
In its genetics, this house maintains the scale of the other buildings of that time. The wooden structure and its cladding remind us of a compact vessel built with precise frames and assembled plank hull. The weight of its materials and the construction craftsmanship translated into contemporary architecture create a connection with the atmosphere that Elton envisioned for this place many years ago.
