Just what is it that makes these houses so different, so appealing?

In Domus 1020, Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Mauricio and Sofia), present two houses in Chile. Read an excerpt of the article.

This article was originally published on Domus 1020.

When I first got a glimpse of Pezo Von Ellrichshausen’s latest works – the Loba and Rode houses – the title of Richard Hamilton’s 1956 iconic collage for Peter and Alison Smithson’s exhibition “This is Tomorrow” immediately popped into my mind. Not that there are any formal connections or obscure influences migrating from Hamilton’s Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? to the work of the youngish Chilean architect couple. I had already once seized that query for an essay on the appeal of younger architects.

Now the surprise of another exquisite project by Maurizio and Sofia – in which two domestic spaces are built around minimal elements such as a staircase (Lobe House) and a courtyard (Rode House) – made it again synapse in my brain. Indeed, I thought, what made these new designs add to the unique, transversal appeal that this wonder couple enjoys in the architecture world?

Project:
Loba House
Location:
Coliumo, Chile
Program:
single family house
Architect:
Mauricio Pezo, Sofia von Ellrichshausen
Collaborators:
Diego Perez, Thomas Sommerauer, Teresa Freire, Beatrice Pedroti, Wiktor Gago
Structural engineering:
Peter Dechent
Consultants:
Marcelo Valenzuela, Daniel Garrido
Contractor:
Carvajal & Cabrer
Area:
70 sqm
Completion:
2017
Project:
Rode House
Location:
Chonchi, Chile
Program:
single family house
Architect:
Mauricio Pezo, Sofia von Ellrichshausen
Collaborators:
Diego Perez, Findlay Barge, Caitlyn Flowers, Victoria Bodevin
Structural engineering:
Luis Mendieta
Consultants:
Marcelo Valenzuela, Daniel Garrido
Contractor:
Ricardo Ballesta
Area:
200 sqm
Completion:
2017

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