<![CDATA[Gizmodo: chile]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: chile]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/chile http://gizmodo.com/tag/chile <![CDATA[Home Floating Over the Pacific Brings Peace, Insane Envy]]> It may not be crazy high-tech architecture, but there's something about this Chilean home hanging over the Pacific that has me glued to the screen with a mixed feeling of complete awe, peace, and envy. The materials, the clean design, the floor plan, the breathtaking views, all of it, make it the perfect place I want to live in.

Divided in three floors, Casa 11 Mujeres (House 11 Women, named like that because it was designed for a family with 11 daughters, ages four to twenty) was built with bare concrete with wood floors, glass, and steel on a 45 degree slope looking down Cachagua beach, 87 miles north of Santiago de Chile. The bottom floor contains shared spaces, while the second level has the daughters bedrooms—all overlooking the sea—, and the top floor has the master bedroom, kitchen, living room, and dining room.

I don't know about the 11 daughters part, but sign me up for the rest. [Dezeen]

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<![CDATA[Chilean Antarctic Habitat Makes Living at the Bottom of the Earth Downright Homey]]> The Chilean Air Force developed special housing designs for when they hoof it down to Antarctica. Since Antarctica is really, really cold, they couldn't just set up regular tents and buildings. Instead, they designed this sweet custom research station.

It consists of a long tube hallway with connecting modules that house dining areas, meeting rooms, research labs, and sleeping areas. The entire structure is designed and built to work with the surrounding landscape, facing in way that has wind blow snow against the long sides of the tunnel, providing additional insulation and protection from the elements. All in all, the whole thing can house 100 people (relatively) comfortably. I'll still pass on going there, but keep up the good work, Chile. [Plataforma Arquitectura via NOTCOT.org]

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