In special locations where the landscape, topography, and views are fundamental, the design of these houses prioritizes these elements in their volumetric conception, siting, spatiality, and language. The work draws from local architectural traditions, materials, and construction systems, while maintaining a free-spirited approach to combining them—without hesitation—with contemporary and urban materials. This creates a unique interrelation between past and present, tradition and modernity, in harmony with the site. In terms of volumetry and morphology, the focus is on contextual harmony: an appropriate scale that does not compete with its surroundings, and a spatiality that embraces the landscape while allowing the gaze to flow toward both near and distant views. The organization is free from prejudices regarding conventional function and form, appealing to the contrast between opposites in elements, planes, and textures—smoothness and rusticity. At times, the work is dense with a variety of components, materials, and textures; at others, it is subtle, highlighting guiding elements; and in some cases, it resorts to the utmost spatial, constructive, and formal simplicity. Seeking energy and resource efficiency, the orientation of these solitary structures plays an important role in achieving climate-related comfort. Far from urban densities, explorations, recycling, and experimentation are amplified.
IN TRAMA 152: Houses, other contexts
- Urbanism: Flying over the landscape: Las Palmeras Urban Artifact
- Essay: The Master I.M. Pei (1917-2019)
- Lapa House
- Jungle Frame House
- Tanda House
- BS House
- House in the Fog
- The Turin Horse
- PM House
- House in the Mountain
- Czech House
- Weekend House
- Lasso House
- Don Juan House
- History: Fernando Carrión: benchmark for urban theory and practice
- Design: Garbett: for a better, easier, and more pleasant world through design and thought
- Designer chocolates
- News: Architecture behind The Forest
