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An Intriguing House in Peru

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OK. From the outside, this house in Peru is a little blunt.

But a curious sail appears poised above it.

The sail creates a shaded roof deck that is open all around.

In the distance, strangely similar mysterious boxy white houses form the neighbourhood, with similar protection from the intense afternoon sun.

Designed by Gómez de la Torre & Guerrero Arquitectos, the center of the house is open to the sky.

The stairs lead up to a rooftop pool, and down to a central courtyard, revealing a Spanish ancestry to the house in Canete, Peru.

An interesting glass walkway is supported on struts, and keeps rain off the entrance to the rooms below leading off the courtyard.

Glass also encases the stairway to the roof.

Overhead, a retractable roof brings in sun and air in good weather.

Shades of M.C. Escher, its central staircases are intriguing.

Appearing to be completely and totally open to passersby, this is a house that seems to take cross ventilation to new levels.

At night, lit by eerily cool fluorescent lighting, it appears to float above the ground. The concrete deck continues inside.

While the cool and monochromatic house appears to be fully open, it is a clever illusion.

Full length sliding glass walls separate the indoors from the outdoor area shown above with the three bar stools.

A clerestory window becomes a full height glass wall behind the concrete fireplace to make a finite edge to this side of the house.

The entire ground floor appears to be open to the neighbours, but it can be enclosed and private.

The house is set among other outwardly similar houses in the neighbourhood.

Do they have similarly extraordinary interiors behind their bland exteriors?