Refugio (Pablo Errázuriz)
Canela
Pablo Errázuriz
DESIGNER: Pablo Errázuriz BUILDER: BUILD DATE: 2008
LOCATION: Canela Baja, Coquimbo, Chile PHOTO CREDITS: Pablo Errázuriz RATING: 4 Stars
Refugio is a little beach hideaway on the wild coast of Chile's Coquimbo Region, near Huentelauquén and about 260km north of Santiago. Chilean architect Pablo Errázuriz was asked to create a place for short holidays on a very tight budget, somewhere safe, tough and easy to look after in a spot with strong winds, harsh weather and no mains power or water.
His answer is a small compound rather than a single house. A single 20ft container, clad in rusty Corten steel plates, holds the kitchen and bathroom. Beside it, a timber deck under a steel-framed awning becomes the living room, opening straight onto the views of the Pacific. Stone-walled courtyards filled with river sand give sheltered spots to pitch tents for extra guests, and a timber-clad water tower stands over the site, holding storage, the plant room, the water tank and a bedroom up top.
Build Method
Because the site is so remote, the container was fully prefabricated and fitted out in a workshop in Santiago, then trucked up the coast and dropped into place. Doing the hard work off-site kept costs down and meant the module arrived ready to use, secure and low maintenance from day one.
Only the civil works were done on site: the dry stone walls, the courtyards, the tower and the services. The palette is simple and honest, with weathering steel, timber decking and cladding, tubular steel framing and stone gathered from the area, so everything is left to age naturally in the salty air.
Interbode Thoughts
We love how much this one does with so little. One 20ft box handles the wet areas and the rest of the living happens outdoors, on the deck, in the courtyards and up in the tower, which is exactly how a beach shack should work. It's a great example of keeping the container small and smart and letting the site do the heavy lifting, much like our POD1 and POD2 designs, which pack a full 20ft module ready to drop onto a remote block. Great job Pablo!
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NEST Design & Build Plans
2 BED | 1 KIT | 1 BATH - Dimensions: W x D x H
NEST is a double unit 2X 20M (40ft) High Cube Shipping container design suitable for a small house/ holiday apartment use complete with regular kitchen and bathroom in both Grid and Off Grid configurations and with 1 Solar roof option.
Download detailed plans for NEST which include the following drawings in A3:
DRAWINGS SCHEDULES
PROJECT NOTES
FLOOR PLAN
REFLECTED CEILING
ROOF PLAN
ELEVATIONS
SECTIONS
INTERNAL ELEVATIONS
TYPICAL DETAILS
KITCHEN DRAWINGS
JOINERY DRAWINGS
BATHROOM DRAWINGS
ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS
WINDOW SCHEDULES
LIGHTING PLAN
POWER & SWITCHES PLAN
ELECTRICAL SCHEMATICS
FIXTURES & FINISHES SCHEDULE
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Notes:
Whilst detailed, this document is not for construction and is not intended to be compliant with all council or building regulations in your country or state. Prior to commencing build you should engage a suitable architect/drafts person and a qualified engineer.
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