Authors: Domingo Arancibia-Tagle Team: Renata Mattei, Location: Pomaire, Chile Year: 2026 Area: 140 m² The house draws inspiration from the Chilean vernacular dwelling, reinterpreting the traditional corredor as a protected intermediate space capable of mediating between interior and exterior. More than a circulation element, this shaded threshold establishes a way of inhabiting the landscape, allowing residents to move through, occupy, and observe their surroundings while remaining sheltered from the climate. The project is organized through a modular structural system defined by a 2.37-meter grid. A series of hybrid columns—concrete at their base and timber above—support a sequence of timber trusses that shape a clear and elongated volume. The structural rhythm provides both spatial order and constructional logic, reinforcing the simplicity and coherence of the architectural form. At the center of the house lies an internal courtyard conceived as the heart of the project. Designed as a garden of light, this space introduces vegetation into the domestic environment while distributing natural daylight deep into the interior. The courtyard establishes a continuous relationship between architecture and nature, generating changing atmospheres throughout the day and reflecting the family’s affinity for plants, gardens, and living landscapes. Beyond its environmental role, the courtyard becomes a place of contemplation and orientation, around which daily life unfolds. Resting above this organization is a large continuous brick roof constructed from traditional clay tiles. Referencing the vernacular architecture of central Chile, the roof unifies the house beneath a single protective plane while reinforcing its horizontal character. Rather than functioning as a closed surface, the roof is activated by a series of handcrafted ceramic volumes that emerge through it. These elements operate as inhabitable skylights rather than conventional openings. Carefully positioned throughout the house, they bring daylight, ventilation, and specific spatial experiences into the interior. Some accommodate functional requirements, such as the passage of a chimney, while others frame fragments of sky, transforming everyday domestic activities into moments of connection with the landscape and the passage of time. In the main bedroom, a ceramic lantern opens upward, creating a direct visual relationship with the sky and extending the experience of the house beyond its physical boundaries. The project seeks a balance between tradition and reinterpretation, combining familiar architectural archetypes with contemporary spatial strategies. Through the interplay of courtyard, corridor, structure, and roof, the house establishes a quiet dialogue between climate, materiality, and landscape, proposing a way of living rooted in place while remaining open to light, nature, and the rhythms of everyday life.