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Turin Horse / Jorge Ramón Giacometti Taller de Arquitectura

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000

The client, an Ecuadorian writer, came to the workshop with an assignment: to design and build his house in the crater of the Pululahua volcano. To accomplish so, he provided us with a watercolor painting that portrayed a stage of the Italian theater. He also asked us to read a couple of his novels and gave us the task of watching a Hungarian film called "The Horse of Turin". Finally, we agreed to meet six months later with a proposal.

Ocal House / Jorge Ramón Giacometti Taller de Arquitectura

Valeria Silva — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 01:00:00 +0000

When we were asked to build a 110m2 house with a minimum budget, in a hard to reach a place in the Ecuadorian mountains, we thought of reducing the project to its simplest form. Thus, we will raise it on pilotis (so as not to break into the topography) and protect it from water falling on the slope. In addition, we would elaborate on the whole structure and the building envelope with the least amount of materials.

Casa de los Aguacates / Jorge Ramón Giacometti Taller de Arquitectura

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 06:00:00 +0000

The “Casa de los Aguacates” reform proposal is based on opening the preexistent volume to the patio and avocado’s garden. We developed a constructive system, which allowed us to solve this new orientation and illumination task and reinforce the preexisting structure simultaneously.