recycled materials cottage

recycled materials cottage by juan luis martínez nauhel. panguipulli, chile.
because the house is located in the wooded hillside of the pirihueico lake it is difficult to access - materials needed to be brought in by small trucks only. this led the client to search out & purchase demolition materials to incorporate in the new home.
some of those reinterpreted elements are:
-glazed doors from a 1960s house by horacio borgheresi which became the main facade of the new building (they originally belonged to the patio)
-eucalyptus & native rauli parquet floors from a 1970s house by larraín, swinburn & covarrubias became the main coating of the house.
-commercial laminated beams & steel pieces used for a temporary exhibition are now part of the main structural elements.