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Location
Trevelin lies in the Futaleufú Department of Chubut, in the Andean west of the province. It is a small town of Welsh origin surrounded by river valleys, poplar windbreaks, cattle fields and, a few kilometres west, the mountains that mark the Chilean border.
Orientation
A conceptual 3D landscape, drawn to show the kind of country this project sits in. It is not a survey of the real terrain.
The mountains
The cordillera along the western edge of the department, rising toward the Chilean border.
The forest
Andean-Patagonian forest on the western slopes — the same forest type protected in Los Alerces National Park to the north-west.
The water
The valley's rivers and lakes. In the real landscape, the Futaleufú system runs west toward the border crossing.
Trevelin
A small town founded by Welsh settlers, whose name means 'town of the mill'.
Our future home
The design concept, drawn in three dimensions: a circular plan cut into the shelf, the meadow returned over its roof, a glazed dome over the courtyard and one open face to the valley. Nothing is built — this is the concept, not a survey and not a finished design. The real plot location is not published yet.
The plot
The exact location of the plot is not published yet. The coordinates below are the town of Trevelin, for orientation only.
Getting there
The nearest larger town is Esquel, roughly 25 km to the north, which has the closest airport (Esquel, EQS) and long-distance bus connections. Route 259 runs west from Trevelin toward the Futaleufú border crossing into Chile.
Exact distances, journey times and border opening hours change; check them at the time of travel rather than trusting a website.
Nearby
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North-west of the town. A UNESCO World Heritage site since 2017, protecting alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) forest.
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The nearest larger town, roughly 25 km north, with the closest airport and long-distance bus connections.
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Route 259 runs west from Trevelin toward the Chilean border. Opening hours change — check before travelling.
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A mill museum outside town that keeps the Welsh settlement's story, and the story behind the name Trevelin.
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Trevelin's casas de té are part of the Y Wladfa inheritance, and still very much a local institution.
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A working tulip farm outside the town flowers in the southern spring — usually October, weather permitting.
Distances, opening hours and seasons change. Check anything you plan to travel on at the time of travel rather than trusting a website.