The house is located in a typical neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Medellin; on top of an existing slab which has narrow and deep proportions.
The emplacement of the project in its surrouding is the process of popular growth of our city; plot to plot. The project is one more piece of heterogeneous summary of interventions that constitute the appearance of our neighborhoods.
For the construction of the house conventional, vernacular tecniques and materials are used: masonry, plastering, oil base paints, metalwork obtained from local recycling processes and frosted glass used to dilute external views.
The spatial system of the house is built from the fracture/division of the general section in search of gradations of space. These gradations strengthen the identities of the different program elements.
The use of courtyards/patios brings us to the fundamental question about the importance of inclusion of nature, light, air and sound in domestic life.
"Maybe the project is to rediscover the architecture in which the same light, fresh dawn, the shadows of a summer afternoon, sunset blue filter."
- Aldo Rossi - scientific autobiography.
Architect/constructor: Edgar Mazo
Architect: Sebastian Mejia
Junior architect: Maricio Saldarriaga
Photograhper: Cristobal Palma
Photographer: Jaime Andres Orozco
Photographer: Julian Castro