Apolo 11 House by Parra + Edwards Architects in La Reina, Santiago, Chile
Apollo 11 was designed by Parra + Edwards Architects, is a store house in the middle of an elm tree grove at the foot of the Andes, on the outskirts of Santiago. “Apollo 11″ also for laboratory conditions: the house functions as an architectural workshop, recording studio and practice room acoustic and electric music. This is a capsule that supports the full life of his crew, a family of architects and musicians.
The program is organized in two levels from a rectangular 6 x 9 mts. in 6 mts. high. The rectangle, for the Japanese is the only element that does not distort the nature, is a clean element that tends to disappear. The simplicity of the box also helps the idea of ??occupying the forest floor minimum while maximizing the heat inside the ship as it landed in a place that is very cold in winter. With two levels of heating is easy and is oriented in their bedrooms to the north with large windows that take the stored heat energy and heat through the glass. In summer the foliage of the elms control acts as natural sunlight.
