This Rapanui house-location on Malabia street features the traditional “chorizo” architecture style, a side garden, and a roofed garage that separates the garden from the street front.

The garage was converted into an entrance and additional seating area; one side opens onto the garden while the other side opens onto the sidewalk.

The ice cream sector was set up in an existing construction located at the back of the garden. With this decision, the garden became the nexus that connected all the surrounding functional areas. The existing garden was maintained given its domestic character and foliage. This was achieved not through landscape design but through a series of plants that were added over the years. There is a very tall ficus tree that branches out across the garden and turns the terrace above the ice cream sector into a kind of tree house.

In order to connect the ice cream sector to the house, a covered walkway was built, which gave way to another level: the terrace. This space is accessed from the garden and serves as an expansion of the garden as it provides additional seating areas.

The paramount idea was to invite movement across the functional areas and create a sense of being “at home”.