Greenhouse by JC Sabbagh Arquitectos Brings Forest Views Inside

The assignment consisted of a small House to enjoy the beauty of the Maulino Forest in the Andes Mountains, in the Central-South Zone of Chile.

The place is an oak forest, located at an approximate height of 950 meters above sea level.

At this altitude, the temperature is never very high and the Oak Trees, being deciduous, mean that the landscape changes constantly.

During the year the colors of the forest and the light vary in a continuous cycle that provides a very special spectacle.

These characteristics provide a unique opportunity to generate a fully glazed interior space, which allows you to perceive and contemplate the forest in its real magnitude, the vertical, without running the risk of it being very hot.

Being immersed in a deciduous forest, during the summer, the space is protected by the shade of the leaves, while as the cold winter approaches, it progressively receives sunlight entering the interior with the falling of the leaves.

The project in this way proposes an interior space totally linked to Nature and the exterior, through a fully glazed envelope, like a Greenhouse, but Inverted, where the plants are not inside, but outside, and the people are inside. , are surrounded by the landscape and the trees.

The glass space houses the main and more public spaces, such as the living room, dining room and kitchen, while the bedrooms are more closed to provide greater privacy.

The structure is made of wood, due to being a quick construction system and easy to transport, considering the difficulty of access and remoteness of the place.

The program is carried out on two floors to concentrate and reduce the surface area of ​​land occupation, seeking the least possible impact on the forest.