Project under construction for a turistic lodge in Malalcahuello, a small mountain town close to “Corralco” ski resort, in the south of Chile. 

The concept that defines the project is “social shelter” and it born from the client’s desire to provide an experience that combines inhabiting nature and socializing among its guests.

In order to generate this, considering the conditioning factor of the linear morphology of the land, a central distribution axis is defined throughout the area. This axis houses the pedestrian and vehicular flow that distributes the guests to the different types of housing and programs. At each ends it contains recreational programs that invite the inhabitants to interact from one end to the other.
The project consists of three stages of construction, which upon completion, will contain five cabins of 31 m2, three cabins of 54 m2, two cabins of 100 m2, a land for motor homes, a restaurant, a permanent house, children’s playground and a riverside with a cafeteria, hot tubes and a barbecue area.
The cabin A, with three copies already built, is a loft of 31 m2 with capacity for 4 to 5 adults. The cabin is elevated off the ground and its shape directs the views towards the main attraction of the landscape, the active Lonquimay volcano, that with its 2.865m stands out on the horizon.

 The wooden interior seeks to provide a solid sensation of shelter. The open spaces connected with the double height, grant a sensation of spaciousness despite its few square meters. 

To consolidate the different areas of the loft, the cabin is divided into three levels that go from the most public on the access level, to the most private on the second floor.