Beach Houses in Chile

Erected on tall wooden bases, La Loica and La Tagua stand on the 80-m-high Pacific coast in Matanzas. Their weathered envelope is made from reused railway sleepers.
The two weekend houses designed by Felipe Croxatto and Nicolas Opazo have floor areas of just 20 and 25 metres respectively and stand on a practically impossible site: on the steep coastline of Matanzas, a surfers paradise on the Pacific Ocean, around 120 kilometres to the southwest of Santiago de Chile. The clients were two couples who are friends and...
Erected on tall wooden bases, La Loica and La Tagua stand on the 80-m-high Pacific coast in Matanzas. Their weathered envelope is made from reused railway sleepers.