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CASA ENTRE BOSQUE
CASA ENTRE BOSQUE
Quito, Ecuador
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CASA ENTRE BOSQUE
Quito, Ecuador
Firm
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2018
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$50K - 100K
Being a small program such as a 150 m2 house, the freedom to think about a more abstract and conceptual project was facilitated, and gave more room to think about the idea more than the function of the project.
The house itself is made up of two bedrooms, a social area with its porch, and two covered parking spaces.
It is a simple program and this is an exercise in the analysis, understanding and development of three architectural ideas that attempt to interact integrally with the environment to be intervened: space, materiality and place.
PLACE
The idea of the house is that of a body that extends its limbs and each one encounters a very different part of the land, its topography, orientation, views, sunlight, etc. This means that the land in this case is the one that adapts to the house and not the house to the land, giving us several atypical spatial opportunities that raise the interest of the project in its environment.
MATERIALITY
Due to the idea presented above, we decided that the conceptual strength should not be compromised by its tectonics. Thus, the materiality proposal is reduced to 4 main elements: The structure is a concrete envelope that unfolds following the shape of the house, and is complemented by metal support profiles that help define important spaces. These two hold the top cover which is contained in a metal tape that borders the entire perimeter. The same thing happens in the floor slab, creating a sandwich effect seen from the outside.
SPACE
The house is a body that extends its arms like a star, and through the interaction of the land with the house, contained spaces are created, open or open depending on where the house sits. The social area is a “V”-shaped space that is contained by the two bedrooms, each at one end and oriented to the eastern view towards the lower part of the land and the ravine. These two sides of the V are connected to the porch which is a residual triangular-shaped space that opens to the view and frames the landscape. These spaces are connected to the other end, which is the covered garage that receives the entrance and is buried along a slope until it is embedded in it.
The house itself is made up of two bedrooms, a social area with its porch, and two covered parking spaces.
It is a simple program and this is an exercise in the analysis, understanding and development of three architectural ideas that attempt to interact integrally with the environment to be intervened: space, materiality and place.
PLACE
The idea of the house is that of a body that extends its limbs and each one encounters a very different part of the land, its topography, orientation, views, sunlight, etc. This means that the land in this case is the one that adapts to the house and not the house to the land, giving us several atypical spatial opportunities that raise the interest of the project in its environment.
MATERIALITY
Due to the idea presented above, we decided that the conceptual strength should not be compromised by its tectonics. Thus, the materiality proposal is reduced to 4 main elements: The structure is a concrete envelope that unfolds following the shape of the house, and is complemented by metal support profiles that help define important spaces. These two hold the top cover which is contained in a metal tape that borders the entire perimeter. The same thing happens in the floor slab, creating a sandwich effect seen from the outside.
SPACE
The house is a body that extends its arms like a star, and through the interaction of the land with the house, contained spaces are created, open or open depending on where the house sits. The social area is a “V”-shaped space that is contained by the two bedrooms, each at one end and oriented to the eastern view towards the lower part of the land and the ravine. These two sides of the V are connected to the porch which is a residual triangular-shaped space that opens to the view and frames the landscape. These spaces are connected to the other end, which is the covered garage that receives the entrance and is buried along a slope until it is embedded in it.
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