By José Gandue @Gandour
At the Caterpillar House, located in the city of Santiago, The first season of the Chilean web series Insigne Sesiones comes to a close., with a special episode. This time, this production dedicated to connecting music, architecture, and landscape does not feature a local artist, as is customary. To close out its first year of activities, Insigne had the privilege of hosting the Scottish group Travis, in duo format. In a more intimate setting, Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop accepted the invitation to perform two of their most recognized songs with two guitars, one electric and one twelve-string acoustic., Sing y Side.
Travis, a band with eight albums to their credit and a remarkable international career, It is presented in this special format, achieving a particularly striking and brilliantly successful performance that, surely, It will attract the attention of his followers around the world.
Regarding the architectural details of this last segment of production, we can say that Casa Oruga was built in 2012 in Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile. For the construction of this building, shipping containers were used, which, together with the cityscape and the Andes Mountains, achieve the integration of the house into the landscape. To this end, the volumes of the house were positioned as if resting on the slope. At the same time, the interstitial spaces increase the perimeter of the house., which largely allow light to enter from both sides. As a result, the windows and doors are aligned perpendicular to the main structural line of the building. Its dimensions were organized to preserve the intermediate spaces, allowing for optimal air circulation from the Andes. This building was conceived by Sebastián Irarrázaval, a professional distinguished by the influential Wallpaper magazine among the 1001 most interesting emerging architects in the world in 2007.
The production of Insigne Sesiones is already in its second cycle, and its production team is in talks with artists from all over the world., taking the step to integrate global music into Chilean works and landscapes. Soon, in a few months, we will provide more details about this on Zonagirante.com.