An Understated A-Frame Does Double Duty in Southern Chile

"When you check out houses like Aladino’s old one, or the barns where people work, the construction systems or the treatment of materials are very elementary and intuitive, and therein lies the value of these operations," says the design team. "Projects like this are opportunities to demonstrate that contemporary architecture does not lie in big budgets or new materials, but in the attitude and approach to the commission."