Novella House
Location
Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region, Chile
Project year
2022
Surface
375,5 m²
Principal
Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage – CECREA infrastructure.
Financing Source
Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage.
Responsible professional or consultant
Architect Natalia Jorquera, Architect David Cortez, Architect David Donoso.
Project team
Architect. Felipe Astudillo, Lic. in Architecture. Valentina Olivares.
Predominant construction technique
Adobe, wooden partitions.
Project Description
Rehabilitation of the Historical Conservation Property “Casa Novella”, built around 1860 in the English Quarter of Coquimbo, to transform it into the new CECREA (Creativity Center for girls, boys and young people) of the Coquimbo Region. Within the transformations of the building, it was provided with universal accessibility, exterior vertical circulations were incorporated (elevator and stairwell) and a new building was designed at the back of the property, in order to accommodate all the programs necessary for the operation of CECREA.