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Rodrigo da Costa Lima: As far as I know, the very first project that Smiljan Radic built was Casa Chica.

Here one can perceive that almost all of the construction elements were of small scale and manageable by only one person.

This I believe, has a lot to do with an interest in ‘fragile’ structures that Smiljan Radic has been researching for a long time; the Chilean hand crafted structures and simple buildings which are related to nomadic individuals and their cultural activities, it’s about specific cultures but also about the different  contexts found in Chile.

The land where Casa Chica was originally constructed is where Smiljan has built some of his most beautiful buildings: “The house for the poem of the right angle”, “Transparent house”, “Scaffolding tower”, and the Swimming pool on the former site of Casa Chica. The territory is itself part of Smiljan Radic and Marcela Correa’s life story, it’s a real scenario...

DO YOU SEE SOME KIND OF SIGN, A MARK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF BUILDING, AN IMPRESSION OF HIS TRAVELS?

His studies and travels in Europe brought him a vast cultural knowledge and certainly an enriched life experience. I’m sure all these experiences affect the way someone sees the world but it is impossible to clearly identify how.

To build is always about opportunity, and about a specific cultural context and working conditions.

In this case, Smiljan Radic was building for himself and he was able to choose the place, a pleasant site to enjoy the view and profit from the isolation to experiment with a certain natural loneliness.

Casa Chica was a shelter with a big window facing the beautiful landscape and that’s it! As simple as if you were hiking or out camping, when suddenly you chose a place and think ‘I’m staying here’.

Some years later, when he built the House for the Poem of the Right Angle on the same plot, he wrote that he did not need to look to the beautiful landscape anymore because he could go there whenever he wanted and besides, he already knew the place very well... that was the reason why the house became very enclosed from the outside and inward looking, towards a patio.

HE HAS SPOKEN OF HIS DISTASTE FOR EXCESSIVE WEIGHT AND HIS AMBITION TO MAKE SKINNY HOUSES.

Yes, it’s a recurring idea.

For instance, the envelope of the House for the Poem of the Right Angle is just twelve centimetres of concrete and a thin internal timber sheath.

Do you remember the installation Smiljan made for the 2018 Venice Biennale? There you had something externally very hard and heavy, whilst being internally soft and organic.

He is an expert in heightening our attention to the thinness, to the feeling of scarcity, to the lack of things, and he does this by developing a strong contrast in the relationships between materials and the senses. In South America these ideas are more present. Thermal barriers are thinner and less tolerant. In our recent building culture in Europe, we have done everything to remove these conditions from the day to day; we never have such striking differences.

CASA CHICA IS A VERY SMALL HOUSE. FROM ONE ANGLE IT LOOKS LIKE THE FAMILIAR VERNACULAR HUT OF ANYONE’S GRANDMA. THEN, THROUGH A LARGE GLASS, WE SEE INSIDE AND FIND A MODERN LIVING ROOM. WHY IS THIS CONTRADICTION INTERESTING TO YOU?

It’s not so much the physical contrast that I find important, it’s more how the change was choreographed. Approaching the entrance, coming from the other side of the hill, you never saw the window from outside because  you saw the house from above, you then went to the right side and you’re finally in. The window was only visible from inside the house, the frame of which, was the most sophisticated element of the house.

WHY IS THE WINDOW YELLOW?

It’s a special element. He found and reused the door, the stones and the oven, but he drew the window, that was new. The house is about the window, about the view, it’s the very reason the house was built.

Yellow is God’s colour and it can be related to it, or simply because Smiljan likes it...

COULD YOU IMAGINE LIVING IN A HOUSE LIKE THAT?

No.

WHY NOT?

I like people. I don’t like to be isolated. It doesn’t have anything to do with the size of the house. I just prefer to be where people are. But I completely understand why people need this kind of environment. I can imagine that it’s nice to have a place to think longer or deeper about things, or to refresh the mind in a certain solace.

Nobody is going to ring the bell, it’s not connected to infrastructure, it’s materially very predictable. You are kind of controlling your environment at the same time as being very subject to it. I think it’s also about this. You are not only focused on something very specific, but what you open yourself to, is under your control.

BEFORE, YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULDN’T LIKE TO LIVE IN THIS KIND OF HOUSE AND IT’S NOT A LIFESTYLE THAT YOU PREFER. AS SUCH, WHY HAS IT MADE AN IMPRESSION?

I appreciate the fact that Smiljan Radic, in many of his choices for Casa Chica, communicated the handcrafted human scale. This is not only just at the detail level but more on a construction level… which was in contrast to the big window that it looks manufactured and thus in place with the help of a machine. A certain tension.

What is extremely obvious and seductive, is the narrative approach to the building and its roof, where you understand that this was the main room of the house. The boundless terrace that went in all directions and disappears into the forest...

I also like the idea of an end - architecture is always temporary and never permanent - and in this case, it is the author that defines it by transforming Casa Chica in a Swimming pool that serves a new bigger house at the back. The ‘protected’ view is now a water mirror that reflects nature.

09.03.2023

罗德里戈·达·科斯塔·利马:据我所知,斯米利安·拉迪克建造的第一个项目是奇卡之家。在这里,我们可以看到几乎所有的建筑元素都是小规模的,只需一个人就能完成。

我认为,这与他对 “脆弱”结构的兴趣有很大关系。斯米利安客拉迪克长期以来一直在研究智利的手工制造的结构和简易建筑,这与游牧民族及其文化活动有关,不仅是关于特定的文化,也是关于存在于智利的与众不同的文脉背景。
奇卡之家最初建造的地方,也是斯米利安建造他最美的几个建筑的地方: “直角诗屋”、“透明屋”、“脚手架塔 ”以及位于奇卡之家旧址上的游泳池。这块土地本身就是斯米利安客拉迪克和马塞拉客科雷亚生活故事真实场景的一部分...


您是否看到了某种标志,一种与世界建筑史相关的印记,一种关于他的旅行的印象?


他在欧洲的学习和旅行为他带来了广博的文化知识,当然也丰富了他的人生阅历。我相信所有这些经历都会影响一个人看待世界的方式,但又不可能清楚地定义是如何影响的。
建筑总是与机遇、特定的文化背景和工作环境有关。

在这个项目中,斯米利安客拉迪克是为自己而建,他可以自行选择建造地点, 一个可以欣赏美景的惬意场所,也是一个可以尝试某种自然孤独感的与世隔绝的地方。

奇卡之家是个有一扇面对美景的大窗户的屋子,仅此而已!就像你在徒步旅行或露营时,突然选择了一个地方,然后想到“我要住在这里 ”一样简单。

几年后,当他在同一块土地上建造“ “直角诗屋”时,他写道,他不需要再去看美丽的风景了,因为他可以随时去那里,而且他已经非常熟悉这个地方了......这就是为什么房子从外面看非常封闭,和为什么是向内看面向一个天井。


他曾说过他讨厌过度的沉重感,并立志要建造轻盈的房子。

是的,这是一个反复出现的想法。

例如,"直角之诗的房子 "的外壳是只有12 厘米厚的混凝土和薄薄的内部木饰面。

你还记得斯米利安为2018年威尼斯双年展制作的装置吗?他的作品外表坚硬沉重,内部却柔软有机。他擅长让我们更加关注 “薄”、“感觉层面的稀少”和 “物质层面的稀少”,并通过在物质和感官之间形成强烈的对比来实现这一点。在南美洲,这些想法更加现实。房屋的隔热层更薄,耐候性更差。而在我们欧洲最近的建筑文化中,我们尽一切努力将这些情况从日常工作中移除;我们从未有过如此显著的差异。

奇卡之家是一座非常小的房子。从一个角度看,它就像一间令人感到熟悉的乡间小屋,属于某个人的祖母。然后,透过一块大玻璃,我们可以看到里面有一个现代化的客厅。您为什么对这种矛盾感兴趣?


我觉得重要的并不是物理上的对比,而是这种变化是如何编排的。走近入口,从山的另一边过来,你从外面看不到窗户,因为你是从上面看到房子,然后你走到右边,最后你就进去了。只有进入房子后才能看到窗户。房子最复杂巧妙的元素就是窗框。


窗户为什么是黄色的?


这是一个特殊的元素。他找到并重新使用了门、石头和烤箱,但他画的窗户是新的。房子是关于窗户的,是关于风景的,这也是房子建造的初衷。黄色是上帝的颜色,这可能与它有关,也可能只是因为斯米利安喜欢它...


你能想象住在这样的房子里吗?


不能。

为什么不呢?


我喜欢人。我不喜欢与世隔绝。这与房子的大小无关。我就是喜欢有人的地方。但我完全理解为什么人们需要这种环境。我可以想象,有一个地方可以让人更长久、更深入地思考问题,或者让人在某种慰藉中提神醒脑,这是很好的。

没有人会敲门铃,也没有与基础结构的连接。你在控制着你的环境,与此同时也完全受制于它。我认为这也与此有关。不仅是那些你专注的某个非常具体的事物,而且还有那些你敞开心扉面对的东西,都在掌控之下。


之前,您说您不喜欢住这种房子,也不喜欢这种生活方式。既然如此,为什么会留下印象?


我很欣赏斯米利安客拉迪克为奇卡之家所做的许多选择都传达了手工建造的人性化尺度。这不仅体现在细节层面,更体现在建筑层面。与之形成鲜明对比的是,它的大窗户看起来是工厂生产的,并因此在机器的帮助下安装到位。这构成了某种紧张感

极为明显和诱人的是建筑和屋顶的叙事方式,你很容易就能理解它是房子的主要房间。无边无际的露台向四面八方延伸,消失在森林之中...

我还喜欢 “结束”的概念--建筑永远是暂时的,而不是永久的--在这个案例中,作者将奇卡之家改建成了一个游泳池,为后面新的更大的房子服务。受 “保护”的景观现在成了一面倒映自然的水镜。



202339

Rodrigo da Costa Lima: As far as I know, the very first project that Smiljan Radic built was Casa Chica.

Here one can perceive that almost all of the construction elements were of small scale and manageable by only one person.

This I believe, has a lot to do with an interest in ‘fragile’ structures that Smiljan Radic has been researching for a long time; the Chilean hand crafted structures and simple buildings which are related to nomadic individuals and their cultural activities, it’s about specific cultures but also about the different  contexts found in Chile.

The land where Casa Chica was originally constructed is where Smiljan has built some of his most beautiful buildings: “The house for the poem of the right angle”, “Transparent house”, “Scaffolding tower”, and the Swimming pool on the former site of Casa Chica. The territory is itself part of Smiljan Radic and Marcela Correa’s life story, it’s a real scenario...

DO YOU SEE SOME KIND OF SIGN, A MARK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF BUILDING, AN IMPRESSION OF HIS TRAVELS?

His studies and travels in Europe brought him a vast cultural knowledge and certainly an enriched life experience. I’m sure all these experiences affect the way someone sees the world but it is impossible to clearly identify how.

To build is always about opportunity, and about a specific cultural context and working conditions.

In this case, Smiljan Radic was building for himself and he was able to choose the place, a pleasant site to enjoy the view and profit from the isolation to experiment with a certain natural loneliness.

Casa Chica was a shelter with a big window facing the beautiful landscape and that’s it! As simple as if you were hiking or out camping, when suddenly you chose a place and think ‘I’m staying here’.

Some years later, when he built the House for the Poem of the Right Angle on the same plot, he wrote that he did not need to look to the beautiful landscape anymore because he could go there whenever he wanted and besides, he already knew the place very well... that was the reason why the house became very enclosed from the outside and inward looking, towards a patio.

HE HAS SPOKEN OF HIS DISTASTE FOR EXCESSIVE WEIGHT AND HIS AMBITION TO MAKE SKINNY HOUSES.

Yes, it’s a recurring idea.

For instance, the envelope of the House for the Poem of the Right Angle is just twelve centimetres of concrete and a thin internal timber sheath.

Do you remember the installation Smiljan made for the 2018 Venice Biennale? There you had something externally very hard and heavy, whilst being internally soft and organic.

He is an expert in heightening our attention to the thinness, to the feeling of scarcity, to the lack of things, and he does this by developing a strong contrast in the relationships between materials and the senses. In South America these ideas are more present. Thermal barriers are thinner and less tolerant. In our recent building culture in Europe, we have done everything to remove these conditions from the day to day; we never have such striking differences.

CASA CHICA IS A VERY SMALL HOUSE. FROM ONE ANGLE IT LOOKS LIKE THE FAMILIAR VERNACULAR HUT OF ANYONE’S GRANDMA. THEN, THROUGH A LARGE GLASS, WE SEE INSIDE AND FIND A MODERN LIVING ROOM. WHY IS THIS CONTRADICTION INTERESTING TO YOU?

It’s not so much the physical contrast that I find important, it’s more how the change was choreographed. Approaching the entrance, coming from the other side of the hill, you never saw the window from outside because  you saw the house from above, you then went to the right side and you’re finally in. The window was only visible from inside the house, the frame of which, was the most sophisticated element of the house.

WHY IS THE WINDOW YELLOW?

It’s a special element. He found and reused the door, the stones and the oven, but he drew the window, that was new. The house is about the window, about the view, it’s the very reason the house was built.

Yellow is God’s colour and it can be related to it, or simply because Smiljan likes it...

COULD YOU IMAGINE LIVING IN A HOUSE LIKE THAT?

No.

WHY NOT?

I like people. I don’t like to be isolated. It doesn’t have anything to do with the size of the house. I just prefer to be where people are. But I completely understand why people need this kind of environment. I can imagine that it’s nice to have a place to think longer or deeper about things, or to refresh the mind in a certain solace.

Nobody is going to ring the bell, it’s not connected to infrastructure, it’s materially very predictable. You are kind of controlling your environment at the same time as being very subject to it. I think it’s also about this. You are not only focused on something very specific, but what you open yourself to, is under your control.

BEFORE, YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULDN’T LIKE TO LIVE IN THIS KIND OF HOUSE AND IT’S NOT A LIFESTYLE THAT YOU PREFER. AS SUCH, WHY HAS IT MADE AN IMPRESSION?

I appreciate the fact that Smiljan Radic, in many of his choices for Casa Chica, communicated the handcrafted human scale. This is not only just at the detail level but more on a construction level… which was in contrast to the big window that it looks manufactured and thus in place with the help of a machine. A certain tension.

What is extremely obvious and seductive, is the narrative approach to the building and its roof, where you understand that this was the main room of the house. The boundless terrace that went in all directions and disappears into the forest...

I also like the idea of an end - architecture is always temporary and never permanent - and in this case, it is the author that defines it by transforming Casa Chica in a Swimming pool that serves a new bigger house at the back. The ‘protected’ view is now a water mirror that reflects nature.

09.03.2023

罗德里戈·达·科斯塔·利马:据我所知,斯米利安·拉迪克建造的第一个项目是奇卡之家。在这里,我们可以看到几乎所有的建筑元素都是小规模的,只需一个人就能完成。

我认为,这与他对 “脆弱”结构的兴趣有很大关系。斯米利安客拉迪克长期以来一直在研究智利的手工制造的结构和简易建筑,这与游牧民族及其文化活动有关,不仅是关于特定的文化,也是关于存在于智利的与众不同的文脉背景。
奇卡之家最初建造的地方,也是斯米利安建造他最美的几个建筑的地方: “直角诗屋”、“透明屋”、“脚手架塔 ”以及位于奇卡之家旧址上的游泳池。这块土地本身就是斯米利安客拉迪克和马塞拉客科雷亚生活故事真实场景的一部分...


您是否看到了某种标志,一种与世界建筑史相关的印记,一种关于他的旅行的印象?


他在欧洲的学习和旅行为他带来了广博的文化知识,当然也丰富了他的人生阅历。我相信所有这些经历都会影响一个人看待世界的方式,但又不可能清楚地定义是如何影响的。
建筑总是与机遇、特定的文化背景和工作环境有关。

在这个项目中,斯米利安客拉迪克是为自己而建,他可以自行选择建造地点, 一个可以欣赏美景的惬意场所,也是一个可以尝试某种自然孤独感的与世隔绝的地方。

奇卡之家是个有一扇面对美景的大窗户的屋子,仅此而已!就像你在徒步旅行或露营时,突然选择了一个地方,然后想到“我要住在这里 ”一样简单。

几年后,当他在同一块土地上建造“ “直角诗屋”时,他写道,他不需要再去看美丽的风景了,因为他可以随时去那里,而且他已经非常熟悉这个地方了......这就是为什么房子从外面看非常封闭,和为什么是向内看面向一个天井。


他曾说过他讨厌过度的沉重感,并立志要建造轻盈的房子。

是的,这是一个反复出现的想法。

例如,"直角之诗的房子 "的外壳是只有12 厘米厚的混凝土和薄薄的内部木饰面。

你还记得斯米利安为2018年威尼斯双年展制作的装置吗?他的作品外表坚硬沉重,内部却柔软有机。他擅长让我们更加关注 “薄”、“感觉层面的稀少”和 “物质层面的稀少”,并通过在物质和感官之间形成强烈的对比来实现这一点。在南美洲,这些想法更加现实。房屋的隔热层更薄,耐候性更差。而在我们欧洲最近的建筑文化中,我们尽一切努力将这些情况从日常工作中移除;我们从未有过如此显著的差异。

奇卡之家是一座非常小的房子。从一个角度看,它就像一间令人感到熟悉的乡间小屋,属于某个人的祖母。然后,透过一块大玻璃,我们可以看到里面有一个现代化的客厅。您为什么对这种矛盾感兴趣?


我觉得重要的并不是物理上的对比,而是这种变化是如何编排的。走近入口,从山的另一边过来,你从外面看不到窗户,因为你是从上面看到房子,然后你走到右边,最后你就进去了。只有进入房子后才能看到窗户。房子最复杂巧妙的元素就是窗框。


窗户为什么是黄色的?


这是一个特殊的元素。他找到并重新使用了门、石头和烤箱,但他画的窗户是新的。房子是关于窗户的,是关于风景的,这也是房子建造的初衷。黄色是上帝的颜色,这可能与它有关,也可能只是因为斯米利安喜欢它...


你能想象住在这样的房子里吗?


不能。

为什么不呢?


我喜欢人。我不喜欢与世隔绝。这与房子的大小无关。我就是喜欢有人的地方。但我完全理解为什么人们需要这种环境。我可以想象,有一个地方可以让人更长久、更深入地思考问题,或者让人在某种慰藉中提神醒脑,这是很好的。

没有人会敲门铃,也没有与基础结构的连接。你在控制着你的环境,与此同时也完全受制于它。我认为这也与此有关。不仅是那些你专注的某个非常具体的事物,而且还有那些你敞开心扉面对的东西,都在掌控之下。


之前,您说您不喜欢住这种房子,也不喜欢这种生活方式。既然如此,为什么会留下印象?


我很欣赏斯米利安客拉迪克为奇卡之家所做的许多选择都传达了手工建造的人性化尺度。这不仅体现在细节层面,更体现在建筑层面。与之形成鲜明对比的是,它的大窗户看起来是工厂生产的,并因此在机器的帮助下安装到位。这构成了某种紧张感

极为明显和诱人的是建筑和屋顶的叙事方式,你很容易就能理解它是房子的主要房间。无边无际的露台向四面八方延伸,消失在森林之中...

我还喜欢 “结束”的概念--建筑永远是暂时的,而不是永久的--在这个案例中,作者将奇卡之家改建成了一个游泳池,为后面新的更大的房子服务。受 “保护”的景观现在成了一面倒映自然的水镜。



202339

Rodrigo da Costa Lima: As far as I know, the very first project that Smiljan Radic built was Casa Chica.

Here one can perceive that almost all of the construction elements were of small scale and manageable by only one person.

This I believe, has a lot to do with an interest in ‘fragile’ structures that Smiljan Radic has been researching for a long time; the Chilean hand crafted structures and simple buildings which are related to nomadic individuals and their cultural activities, it’s about specific cultures but also about the different  contexts found in Chile.

The land where Casa Chica was originally constructed is where Smiljan has built some of his most beautiful buildings: “The house for the poem of the right angle”, “Transparent house”, “Scaffolding tower”, and the Swimming pool on the former site of Casa Chica. The territory is itself part of Smiljan Radic and Marcela Correa’s life story, it’s a real scenario...

DO YOU SEE SOME KIND OF SIGN, A MARK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF BUILDING, AN IMPRESSION OF HIS TRAVELS?

His studies and travels in Europe brought him a vast cultural knowledge and certainly an enriched life experience. I’m sure all these experiences affect the way someone sees the world but it is impossible to clearly identify how.

To build is always about opportunity, and about a specific cultural context and working conditions.

In this case, Smiljan Radic was building for himself and he was able to choose the place, a pleasant site to enjoy the view and profit from the isolation to experiment with a certain natural loneliness.

Casa Chica was a shelter with a big window facing the beautiful landscape and that’s it! As simple as if you were hiking or out camping, when suddenly you chose a place and think ‘I’m staying here’.

Some years later, when he built the House for the Poem of the Right Angle on the same plot, he wrote that he did not need to look to the beautiful landscape anymore because he could go there whenever he wanted and besides, he already knew the place very well... that was the reason why the house became very enclosed from the outside and inward looking, towards a patio.

HE HAS SPOKEN OF HIS DISTASTE FOR EXCESSIVE WEIGHT AND HIS AMBITION TO MAKE SKINNY HOUSES.

Yes, it’s a recurring idea.

For instance, the envelope of the House for the Poem of the Right Angle is just twelve centimetres of concrete and a thin internal timber sheath.

Do you remember the installation Smiljan made for the 2018 Venice Biennale? There you had something externally very hard and heavy, whilst being internally soft and organic.

He is an expert in heightening our attention to the thinness, to the feeling of scarcity, to the lack of things, and he does this by developing a strong contrast in the relationships between materials and the senses. In South America these ideas are more present. Thermal barriers are thinner and less tolerant. In our recent building culture in Europe, we have done everything to remove these conditions from the day to day; we never have such striking differences.

CASA CHICA IS A VERY SMALL HOUSE. FROM ONE ANGLE IT LOOKS LIKE THE FAMILIAR VERNACULAR HUT OF ANYONE’S GRANDMA. THEN, THROUGH A LARGE GLASS, WE SEE INSIDE AND FIND A MODERN LIVING ROOM. WHY IS THIS CONTRADICTION INTERESTING TO YOU?

It’s not so much the physical contrast that I find important, it’s more how the change was choreographed. Approaching the entrance, coming from the other side of the hill, you never saw the window from outside because  you saw the house from above, you then went to the right side and you’re finally in. The window was only visible from inside the house, the frame of which, was the most sophisticated element of the house.

WHY IS THE WINDOW YELLOW?

It’s a special element. He found and reused the door, the stones and the oven, but he drew the window, that was new. The house is about the window, about the view, it’s the very reason the house was built.

Yellow is God’s colour and it can be related to it, or simply because Smiljan likes it...

COULD YOU IMAGINE LIVING IN A HOUSE LIKE THAT?

No.

WHY NOT?

I like people. I don’t like to be isolated. It doesn’t have anything to do with the size of the house. I just prefer to be where people are. But I completely understand why people need this kind of environment. I can imagine that it’s nice to have a place to think longer or deeper about things, or to refresh the mind in a certain solace.

Nobody is going to ring the bell, it’s not connected to infrastructure, it’s materially very predictable. You are kind of controlling your environment at the same time as being very subject to it. I think it’s also about this. You are not only focused on something very specific, but what you open yourself to, is under your control.

BEFORE, YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULDN’T LIKE TO LIVE IN THIS KIND OF HOUSE AND IT’S NOT A LIFESTYLE THAT YOU PREFER. AS SUCH, WHY HAS IT MADE AN IMPRESSION?

I appreciate the fact that Smiljan Radic, in many of his choices for Casa Chica, communicated the handcrafted human scale. This is not only just at the detail level but more on a construction level… which was in contrast to the big window that it looks manufactured and thus in place with the help of a machine. A certain tension.

What is extremely obvious and seductive, is the narrative approach to the building and its roof, where you understand that this was the main room of the house. The boundless terrace that went in all directions and disappears into the forest...

I also like the idea of an end - architecture is always temporary and never permanent - and in this case, it is the author that defines it by transforming Casa Chica in a Swimming pool that serves a new bigger house at the back. The ‘protected’ view is now a water mirror that reflects nature.

09.03.2023

罗德里戈·达·科斯塔·利马:据我所知,斯米利安·拉迪克建造的第一个项目是奇卡之家。在这里,我们可以看到几乎所有的建筑元素都是小规模的,只需一个人就能完成。

我认为,这与他对 “脆弱”结构的兴趣有很大关系。斯米利安客拉迪克长期以来一直在研究智利的手工制造的结构和简易建筑,这与游牧民族及其文化活动有关,不仅是关于特定的文化,也是关于存在于智利的与众不同的文脉背景。
奇卡之家最初建造的地方,也是斯米利安建造他最美的几个建筑的地方: “直角诗屋”、“透明屋”、“脚手架塔 ”以及位于奇卡之家旧址上的游泳池。这块土地本身就是斯米利安客拉迪克和马塞拉客科雷亚生活故事真实场景的一部分...


您是否看到了某种标志,一种与世界建筑史相关的印记,一种关于他的旅行的印象?


他在欧洲的学习和旅行为他带来了广博的文化知识,当然也丰富了他的人生阅历。我相信所有这些经历都会影响一个人看待世界的方式,但又不可能清楚地定义是如何影响的。
建筑总是与机遇、特定的文化背景和工作环境有关。

在这个项目中,斯米利安客拉迪克是为自己而建,他可以自行选择建造地点, 一个可以欣赏美景的惬意场所,也是一个可以尝试某种自然孤独感的与世隔绝的地方。

奇卡之家是个有一扇面对美景的大窗户的屋子,仅此而已!就像你在徒步旅行或露营时,突然选择了一个地方,然后想到“我要住在这里 ”一样简单。

几年后,当他在同一块土地上建造“ “直角诗屋”时,他写道,他不需要再去看美丽的风景了,因为他可以随时去那里,而且他已经非常熟悉这个地方了......这就是为什么房子从外面看非常封闭,和为什么是向内看面向一个天井。


他曾说过他讨厌过度的沉重感,并立志要建造轻盈的房子。

是的,这是一个反复出现的想法。

例如,"直角之诗的房子 "的外壳是只有12 厘米厚的混凝土和薄薄的内部木饰面。

你还记得斯米利安为2018年威尼斯双年展制作的装置吗?他的作品外表坚硬沉重,内部却柔软有机。他擅长让我们更加关注 “薄”、“感觉层面的稀少”和 “物质层面的稀少”,并通过在物质和感官之间形成强烈的对比来实现这一点。在南美洲,这些想法更加现实。房屋的隔热层更薄,耐候性更差。而在我们欧洲最近的建筑文化中,我们尽一切努力将这些情况从日常工作中移除;我们从未有过如此显著的差异。

奇卡之家是一座非常小的房子。从一个角度看,它就像一间令人感到熟悉的乡间小屋,属于某个人的祖母。然后,透过一块大玻璃,我们可以看到里面有一个现代化的客厅。您为什么对这种矛盾感兴趣?


我觉得重要的并不是物理上的对比,而是这种变化是如何编排的。走近入口,从山的另一边过来,你从外面看不到窗户,因为你是从上面看到房子,然后你走到右边,最后你就进去了。只有进入房子后才能看到窗户。房子最复杂巧妙的元素就是窗框。


窗户为什么是黄色的?


这是一个特殊的元素。他找到并重新使用了门、石头和烤箱,但他画的窗户是新的。房子是关于窗户的,是关于风景的,这也是房子建造的初衷。黄色是上帝的颜色,这可能与它有关,也可能只是因为斯米利安喜欢它...


你能想象住在这样的房子里吗?


不能。

为什么不呢?


我喜欢人。我不喜欢与世隔绝。这与房子的大小无关。我就是喜欢有人的地方。但我完全理解为什么人们需要这种环境。我可以想象,有一个地方可以让人更长久、更深入地思考问题,或者让人在某种慰藉中提神醒脑,这是很好的。

没有人会敲门铃,也没有与基础结构的连接。你在控制着你的环境,与此同时也完全受制于它。我认为这也与此有关。不仅是那些你专注的某个非常具体的事物,而且还有那些你敞开心扉面对的东西,都在掌控之下。


之前,您说您不喜欢住这种房子,也不喜欢这种生活方式。既然如此,为什么会留下印象?


我很欣赏斯米利安客拉迪克为奇卡之家所做的许多选择都传达了手工建造的人性化尺度。这不仅体现在细节层面,更体现在建筑层面。与之形成鲜明对比的是,它的大窗户看起来是工厂生产的,并因此在机器的帮助下安装到位。这构成了某种紧张感

极为明显和诱人的是建筑和屋顶的叙事方式,你很容易就能理解它是房子的主要房间。无边无际的露台向四面八方延伸,消失在森林之中...

我还喜欢 “结束”的概念--建筑永远是暂时的,而不是永久的--在这个案例中,作者将奇卡之家改建成了一个游泳池,为后面新的更大的房子服务。受 “保护”的景观现在成了一面倒映自然的水镜。



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Rodrigo Costa Lima

Rodrigo da Costa Lima studied architecture at Universidade Lusíada do Porto. Before establishing his own office in 2007 with Amélia Brandão Costa, he learned from João Pedro Serôdio, Isabel Furtado, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. His works and writings have been published and presented in lectures and exhibitions. He is founder and editor of Indexnewspaper - which makes part of MOMA NY Library Collection - and has been awarded and exhibited worldwide. He published several articles and edited many books. He has been professor, guest critic, lecturer and jury at different architecture schools worldwide such as Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Architectural Association, Akademie der Bildenden Künst München, Chulalongkorn University, École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, ETH Zürich, FAUP, Harvard GSD, KU Leuven, La Salle Barcelona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Miami School of Architecture, Princeton University School of Architecture, Royal College of Art, TU München and Yale School of Architecture. Rodrigo is Founding Director of Porto Academy.

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Rodrigo Costa Lima

Rodrigo da Costa Lima studied architecture at Universidade Lusíada do Porto. Before establishing his own office in 2007 with Amélia Brandão Costa, he learned from João Pedro Serôdio, Isabel Furtado, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. His works and writings have been published and presented in lectures and exhibitions. He is founder and editor of Indexnewspaper - which makes part of MOMA NY Library Collection - and has been awarded and exhibited worldwide. He published several articles and edited many books. He has been professor, guest critic, lecturer and jury at different architecture schools worldwide such as Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Architectural Association, Akademie der Bildenden Künst München, Chulalongkorn University, École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, ETH Zürich, FAUP, Harvard GSD, KU Leuven, La Salle Barcelona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Miami School of Architecture, Princeton University School of Architecture, Royal College of Art, TU München and Yale School of Architecture. Rodrigo is Founding Director of Porto Academy.

https://architecturematters.net

Rodrigo Costa Lima

Rodrigo da Costa Lima studied architecture at Universidade Lusíada do Porto. Before establishing his own office in 2007 with Amélia Brandão Costa, he learned from João Pedro Serôdio, Isabel Furtado, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. His works and writings have been published and presented in lectures and exhibitions. He is founder and editor of Indexnewspaper - which makes part of MOMA NY Library Collection - and has been awarded and exhibited worldwide. He published several articles and edited many books. He has been professor, guest critic, lecturer and jury at different architecture schools worldwide such as Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Architectural Association, Akademie der Bildenden Künst München, Chulalongkorn University, École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, ETH Zürich, FAUP, Harvard GSD, KU Leuven, La Salle Barcelona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Miami School of Architecture, Princeton University School of Architecture, Royal College of Art, TU München and Yale School of Architecture. Rodrigo is Founding Director of Porto Academy.

https://architecturematters.net