Project Specs Graduate Center, Adolfo Ib''ez University Santiago, Chile Jos' Cruz Ovalle and Partners << Return to article the People Architect José Cruz Ovalle Espoz 2902 Vitacura Santiago, Chile Phone (056 2)2066145 fax (056 2) 2060857 Associate architect(s) Ana Turell S-C Juan Purcell M. Hernán Cruz S. Engineer(s): Pedro Bartolomé(B&B Ingenería) Consultant(s) Lighting: Ana Turell S-C Photographer(s) Juan Purcell (056 2) 2066145 Roland Halbe (0711) 6074073 CAD system, project management, or other software used: Autocad the Products Structural system: Muros y losas de Hormigón Armado Exterior cladding Concrete: Premix S.A. Wood: Maderas Laminadas Ingelam Roofing Built-up roofing: CYPCO Constructora
From its perch in the foothills of the Andes, the new graduate center on the Peñalolén campus of Adolfo Ibáñez University overlooks Chile’s capital city of Santiago.
With a limited budget of $147,000 and a 1.25-acre parcel of land in the suburbs of Santiago, Chile, a retired couple approached Marc Frohn and Mario Rojas of the firm FAR frohn&rojas to design a house for themselves and their son.
Casa Poli is only a 30-mile drive from Chile’s second-largest city, Concepción, midway down the country’s coast, but it feels perched at the edge of the world: a place with limitless ocean views, a soundtrack provided by wind and pelicans, and no other human beings within eyeshot, except for local fishermen in boats, hundreds of feet offshore.