Poli House: Deconstructivism vs Minimalism

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 Deconstructivism vs Minimalism

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 Poli House – CASAPOLI

The Poli House is a modern cubical residence located on the Coliumo peninsula in Chile. It was constructed in 2005 and designed by architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen. The structure is located on the Coliumo peninsula, a countryside inhabited by farmers, fishermen and some tourists who occasionally visit. The Poli House is compact yet isolated and the architects wanted to portray two ideas: the sensation of a natural podium surrounded by vastness and the dizzying and wide open space produced by the sight of the sea washing against the rocks at the foot of the cliffs.

It’s official name in Spanish, the: CASAPOLI is a private non-profit cultural institution. “Poli”, in its Greek etymology, doesn’t only refer to the political role of a public work, but also points to an essential category of plurality and multiplicity.

  This open, diverse and expandable meaning, such as the contemporary city, is one of the principles that guide the varied functions of the house; it is simultaneously a place for retreat and individual introspection in an extreme natural landscape and a place for gatherings, exhibitions and workshops for research and collective production of cultural projects. The architects Pezo and von Ellrichshausen follow a minimalist approach and claim they do not “design.” It’s a word they seem to dislike because it suggests over-refinement; a distance from being truly ‘personal’.

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  But they do carefully consider, combining a highly intellectual rationale with an intuitive understanding of the body in a space. As the architects said, they wanted to avoid over-refinement meaning they followed a simplistic approach. The conception of the Poli House was to capture the sensation of ‘nature’ and blend it into the surroundings of the peninsula and also the idea of ‘utility’, where the house could be seen as more than just a residence but a sign, a monument and something of structural purpose. The Chilean architects strived for minimalistic perfection linked to nature which they preferred over deconstructivist unpredictability linked to an urban setting, as seen in their projects and design process.

The Poli House functions both as a summer house and a cultural centre. From this, arises a dilemma where the interior would have to act as a public space but also at the same time a more compact residential space. The space had to be both spatial and residential. Pezo in an interview had said “We think of space more as immaterial units. We first determine what these units are and what their relationship should be, but never merely as a functional relationship”[1]. As a result, the architects thought it would be clear to not label the rooms by their purpose/function but rather leave them without a name and function, so that the rooms were simply empty spaces filled with an aura of transitional connection going through them. The architects wished to capture a feeling, which is how this ties to their idea of the ‘natural’ concept of the house. The architects also wanted to arrange the functional services of the house in a boundary hidden in a dense wall which also worked as a buffer. The empty spaces in the house was compiled of the bathrooms, shelves, kitchen and a line of balconies which blocked the view of sunlight (from the north) and the rain (to the west) from the windows. The most important aspect of the housing is the double wall, which gets separated into two sections. This separation occurs so that two squares are formed one inside the other. This helps the double functionality explained earlier in the house.