Morla House / Stanaćev Granados

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Matanzas, Chile
  • Architects: Stanaćev Granados
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  120
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022
  • Photographs
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  CHC, Ceresita, Ingelam, Kitchencenter, Ledstudio, Sinteshi
  • Lead Architects: Nataša Stanaćev, Manu Granados
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Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Exterior Photography
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Axo
Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Exterior Photography, Wood, Deck, Handrail
© Pablo Casals Aguirre

Text description provided by the architects. La Casa Morla is the result of a project located in Matanzas (Chile), a small coastal town famous for its conditions for water sports. As it is a rental house, we had to optimize the surfaces to the maximum and think of it from an architectural language that would allow us to work with a tight budget knowing that it would be executed with non-specialized local labor.

Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Exterior Photography
© Pablo Casals Aguirre
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Plan 1
Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Exterior Photography
© Pablo Casals Aguirre

The project had to compactly but flexibly solve a program of single-family housing for rent with an area of ​​120 m2 with living space, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, pantry, cellar, and terrace.

Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Exterior Photography, Beam
© Pablo Casals Aguirre
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Plan 1
Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Exterior Photography
© Pablo Casals Aguirre

The approach was to generate a volume based on its relationship with the exterior, determined by the particular conditions of the place where it is installed: the view over the Pacific Ocean to the north, the strong prevailing south wind, the intense west sun, and the coveted eastern sun.

Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Exterior Photography, Beam
© Pablo Casals Aguirre
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Roof plan
Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Exterior Photography, Beam
© Pablo Casals Aguirre

Demediated volume: the house is a body of antagonistic faces with an abstract, closed, and mysterious southwest side that becomes figurative and extroverted on its north and east facades. To achieve this, a single material is used - black-stained pine wood - worked in a continuous and boarded way on one side and leaving the laminated wood structure visible on the other.

Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Interior Photography, Stairs
© Pablo Casals Aguirre
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North elevation
Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Interior Photography
© Manu Granados

Liquid space: as in the story of Garcia Marquez, to dilute the dichotomy inside, generating a kind of fluid state, the interior of the house is covered with the same black wood, a fact that seeks to emphasize the exterior while balancing the intensity of light, reflections, and shadows, generating here also a certain contrast between the luminosity of the main spaces and the penumbra of those transitional spaces that function as a diaphragm. The black interior skin, the hidden skylight, the open staircase, the sliding door of the living room, and the white horizontal planes of the ceilings make this play of nuances possible.

Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Interior Photography, Stairs
© Pablo Casals Aguirre
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Elevation
Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Table, Chair, Windows
© Pablo Casals Aguirre

Promenade: to accentuate the idea of ​​continuous and fluid space, another series of gestures are proposed, such as access through a walkway to how access a boat is, which allows us to raise the main level of the house with views over the sea. Upon entering, the main space is read at a glance, where the open interior staircase is immediately presented, leaving the lower garden in a complete visual. The terrace extends the interior space of the living room and bedroom, promoting circulation and use from the outside.

Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Interior Photography
© Pablo Casals Aguirre
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Elevation
Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Interior Photography
© Pablo Casals Aguirre

Dual uses: with the idea of ​​flexibility in the way the house is used and maximizing its surface, a series of multifunctional elements are proposed: the kitchen is also the stair landing, the pantry is located in the circulation towards the bathroom and the master bedroom, the circulation on the lower level serves as a gifted multipurpose space, while the access walkway is also enjoyed as an alternative terrace.

Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Interior Photography, Chair
© Pablo Casals Aguirre
Morla House / Stanaćev Granados - Exterior Photography
© Pablo Casals Aguirre

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Cite: "Morla House / Stanaćev Granados" [Casa Morla / Stanaćev Granados] 09 Jun 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1002192/morla-house-stanacev-granados> ISSN 0719-8884

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