{"id":8455,"date":"2026-05-19T19:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=8455"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:16:03","slug":"chilean-modular-housing-protoype-uses-stilts-to-traverse-difficult-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/chilean-modular-housing-protoype-uses-stilts-to-traverse-difficult-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilean modular housing protoype uses stilts to traverse difficult site"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen and Leonardo G\u00fazman Valencia in Chile<\/a> have collaborated on a prototype for modular<\/a> housing lifted on stilts<\/a> with clearly separated building components that respond to changing site conditions and allow for flexibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Industrialized Building System Prototype II (IBSP II), Rojas<\/a> and Valencia developed built off what they learned through the project’s first prototype<\/a> in 2023, designed to address a global housing crisis.<\/p>\n

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IBSP II is a modular home in Chile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Completed in 2025, this second-iteration system expands the architectural scope of the prototype to both house people and also adapt to a changing environment.<\/p>\n

The 120-square-metre (1290-square foot) single-family residendiant prototype sits on a steep 5,000 square metres (1.2 acres) site in Matanzas, Chile. A lightweight yet resistant structure of diagonal, self-supporting stilts navigates the change in topography and separates the framework of the house from its enclosure.<\/p>\n

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It was raised above the sloping site on triangular supports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“As a result, the envelope stops operating as a mere boundary and takes on a more active role in climatic mediation, while the relationship with the ground is resolved with greater precision and less invasiveness,” Rojas told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“What matters is not only the technical refinement itself, but what it enables: an architecture that is more legible, more habitable and better prepared to adapt to variable conditions of climate, terrain and use.”<\/p>\n