DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos

DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos

DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Facade, ConcreteDA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Facade, ConcreteDA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, ConcreteDA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, ConcreteDA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - More Images+ 19

Quito, Ecuador
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2690 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
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  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Cocinas.ec, Edesa, Gastón Caro, Graiman, Trimble Navigation
  • Lead Architects: Bernardo Bustamante, Doménika Baquero
  • Design Team: Bernardo Bustamante, Doménika Baquero
  • Engineering: Iván Delgado
  • City: Quito
  • Country: Ecuador
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DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Facade, Concrete
© JAG Studio

Text description provided by the architects. House for a family of three persons, located in a private urbanization in the Valley of Cumbaya in Quito, where two-floor single family homes predominate.

DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Facade, Concrete
© JAG Studio

The plot is located on the edge of the slope and the valley, so it was sought to place the house at the highest level, to obtain the best possible views. The project is a perpendicular bar to the street, which feeds on the best orientation and allows a large garden whose perception expands with the street and at the same time gives green to the public space.

DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Concrete
© JAG Studio

The house was placed following the axes of the neighbors, both in plan and in section, seeking to join the empty spaces between houses.

Ground floor plan

The project starts from two retaining walls, where two boxes are settled perpendicularly containing, the public and the private zones. In the empty space, between the boxes, the distributor hall is located, which crosses the house, allowing a direct access to the garden.

DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Concrete
© JAG Studio

Almost the entire program is solved the first floor; only the garage, laundry, service bathroom and cellars, area located in the basement that appears between the two concrete walls. All the living spaces area located towards the view of the Valley, the mountains, the main garden, and is oriented towards the sun of the morning. The service spaces are organized towards the slope, related to a more content and controlled garden.

DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Interior Photography
© Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos

The implantation of the architectonic object, divides the garden into two parts, a public one, with a contemplative garden that accompanies the access, and a recreational back garden, with a teak wood platform with a whirlpool. The planning respected all the trees of the plot, highlighting a large Carob tree at the end of the circulation axis, and covers the main room with its shadow.

Section B-B'

The foundation is made of reinforced concrete, where a lightweight system of metal is supported, allowing to obtain large lights and open spaces. The window frames are made of black aluminum, controlling the different relationships that each room needs with the outside.

DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Interior Photography, Concrete
© JAG Studio

It is a very correct and orderly house, nourished by the conditions of the environment, to enhance what was built as part of a clean and cost-efficient project.

DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Stairs, Facade
© JAG Studio

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Cite: "DA House / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos" [Casa DA / Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos] 26 Jan 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/931990/da-house-bernardo-bustamante-arquitectos> ISSN 0719-8884

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