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Home for a Musician and an Architect in a Dark Forest

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Designed for a small family, an architect and a musician and their child, this forest dwelling is a cosy haven in the woods.

Even in daylight, very little light gets to the bottom of a tall forest like this.

Parra + Edwards Architects named this Apollo 11 to suggest a structure like a rocket ship that landed gently in a forest without touching it at any time – that could take off again, leaving the forest intact.

The family live here with their child, all sleeping upstairs in a simple arrangement.

But downstairs, an architects studio occupuys the quiet and meditative live/work space.

And musical notes can be heard emanating from the dwelling which also functions as a recording studio and rehearsal space for acoustic and electric music.

The house is set in the a grove of elms at the foot of the Chilean Andes, on the outskirts of the city of Santiago.

The workspace and living and kitchen all occupy the ground floor studio space.

The house is a cosy and warm shelter by night.

But by day, living on the forest floor means very little daylight is filtered down through the forest canopy.

This very filtered daylight is not for everybody. But for some, this sort of seclusion is a plus.

Home is where the heart is.