Chile: Caterpillar House – Sebastián Irarrázaval

Chile: Caterpillar House - Sebastián Irarrázaval

Photo: Sergio Pirrone

Chile > This prefabricated house for an art collector and his family, designed by Sebastián Irarrázaval, was built in the outskirts of Santiago in a new suburban residential area. In order to reduce construction time and costs, second hand shipping containers were used as follow: Five 40 “standard containers, Six 20“ standard containers and one 40“ open top container for the swimming pool…..  [ArchDaily]