Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these images of Casa 11 Mujeres (Eleven Women House), a cliff-top house near Santiago in Chile by architect Mathias Klotz.
Designed as a holiday home to accommodate a family with eleven daughters, the house is built on a 45 degree slope.
Here's some more information from Mathias Klotz:
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“ELEVEN WOMAN” house is a vacation home at Beranda. It stands on a site sloping down to Cachagua beach on the Pacific, 140 kilometers north of Santiago, Chile.
The brief was to provide a second home laid out on three levels for a couple with eleven daughters whose ages range from four to twenty, and to provide all services, a master bedroom, and spaces for entertaining and guests.
The site is on terrain with a steep slope (about 45 degrees), which offers a splendid view of the beach. The three stories are laid out as follows: the plinth is used for the shared spaced and includes a games room and TV room; the intermediate level contains the bedrooms of the eleven daughters, as well as two living rooms for different age groups; the upper level contains the services, the master bedroom, living room, and the family dining room.
Planned in bare concrete with travertine floors, “ELEVEN WOMAN” house adapts to the contours of its site by its extremely compact layout so as to offer splendid views from every room.
The terraces are spacious and protect the user from the strong southern winds, while a system of hinged shutters solves the problem of the glare on the west side.
SUPERFLY!
Shouldn’t there be some handrails on that upper ledge or at least a safety net beneath? Also some of the stairs wouldn’t pass code in the States and one platform that looked like the handrails were at knee height instead of 42″.
Other then that, fine building, pretty dramatic.
Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!4
very sensual very simple very very nice!!!!!!!!
it´s a nice house with nice wiews. Perfect for the pacific ocean. Cogratulations.
god love the natural light in all the rooms! thats my dream home.
good detail, lightwell & luminaire in one hole =)
Wonderful….. a brilliant work!
Viendo este proyecto pienso en la gran posibillidad y responsabilidad que tenemos los arquitectos de crear espacios consecuentes con la naturaleza, en armonía con la creacion de Dios.
Sencillamente exquisito.
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my favorite part is the rectilinear angles
luxurious!
I’m thinking Howard Roark….
wow! Thanks.
the architecture is trying to be simple,but to have a simple architecture we should let the architecture to be itself.!
I agree with Peter on the site comment. Klotz has really selected where to land the concrete cubes. I’m not sure if its right or wrong, but definitely something to point out, in the sense that these houses need the surroundings to be something different. Nice house, excellent site. Clever Klotz.
Now, the one to really congratulate is the photographer!!
I am 58,once more I kick my backside for never be an architect and have a qualification to be in such project like you.Those types of angles,concrete,glass and the terrain I would love,like you, be drugged in to it. My sincere congratulation. Roberto Australia residente ,Brasilian by heart and birth.
Fantastic! Abit too many steps for my taste, but phenomenol work. Love the minimalism, adore the forms, respect the language and admire the location. A perfect capture for each photo.
great design, especially the attention to the spatial design. although the picture with the person standing on the platform with no railings whatsoever isn’t appealing…
isn’t that dangerous? who builds a deck with no railings or support?
unbelievable space……………
great at all levels! photographs absolutely amazing!
el detalle de la estufa, cuek!!!!, mas trabajo en el area de calefaccion.en general increible la ubicacion y las vistas desde la casa ………………..
Health and safety has gone mad these days. You can’t even build a one metre ledge with no wall that overlooks a certain death 10 metre drop onto solid concrete.
Literally: what was he thinking here? It’ll be fine. Kids know loads about not accidentally pushing each other to their deaths.
Nice views though.
Awesome! Beautiful, Cool, Visceral! This is what architecture about!
I love the material and colour palatte. Isn’t how the colours of the sunset play off on the wood amazing?
I wonder if this is a house for just 1 family!
Tom James,
I’m not sure but don’t you think there’s a glass rail there! I really, seriously doubt that the ledge is unbarricaded/ unguarded.
For the people who want to know about the place; it is a small town called Cachagua, 180kms north from Santiago, near Zapallar, one of the two loveliest sea-towns in the southern hemisphere.
The house has traces of “Fallingwater” of FLW.
The ladder to the deck outdoor, the areas streamed, the large fireplace.
Perfect construction, fantastic landscape.
perfect for suicide
Kruto!
i will never stand at that point – its too high and too risky … nevermind the wind ..
Eine grauenvolle Vision. Kalt, unbewohnbar und wegen vieler Treppen ermüdend. Und es braucht 11 Frauen, die es sauber halten.
this is the first house to meet all my expectations- can i live there?
Beautiful. Wow. Eleven Daughters hey? Perhaps a family made for fine design. I think I want to marry in to that family :p
where can i find elevations and secitions??
magnifique objet architectural, magnifique environnement, et une astucieuse fusion entre les 2. if one of the 11 women wants to exchange her room to a flat in france near the sea ,I would be agree
a picturesque spot for suicide.
don’t be so dark y’all. this kind of beauty inspires life not death. we’ve had the opportunity to jump of cliffs for millenia, there’s no reason to give this great structure a hard time because it repeats what’s already available in nature. this is definitely a house about which i would want to hear the occupant-participants’ narratives.
I just love this shit
nice . no no no very nice !!! thank you Mathias
11 Daughters – Don't just stand there and wish – Jump!
still the best of all
Can't help but think that open balcony looks like a safety hazard! haha. no railing or anything to stop you from falling!
besides that, simply beautiful.
Love it. Remember Tugendhat House?