Natura Futura Arquitectura

House Between Blocks

House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio

HOUSE BETWEEN BLOCKS

Natura Futura Arquitectura

LOCATION
Babahoyo,Ecuador

CATEGORY
Mixed Use Architecture, Houses

PROJECT YEAR
2017

PHOTOGRAPHS
JAG Studio

MANUFACTURERS
Alumt, Maderas Pedro, Marriott

COLLABORATORS
Aparecida Argüello, Oscar Mora, Fausto Quiroz

House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio

Text description provided by architect.

The client is an audio-visual communicator, cultural manager of cultural events, free spirit and owner of a land of 7x10m² where the intervention should be done.

House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio

The project should capture not only the user's creative spirit.

The House Between Blocks, is located in Babahoyo, Ecuador, a city where small spaces are synonymous with narrowness, lack of ventilation and poor lighting.

The excuse is always the lack of budget.

House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio

The bet is to get a break, an opportunity to generate with a few resources a solution that satisfies the real needs.

Its constructive materiality experience basic types of surroundings, using the composition as an exploration tool.

House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio

It is built with masonry of overlapping concrete blocks; Doors and windows of traditional archetypes in wood, glass and metal; Transparent eaves in response to the need for lighting; Large windows to promote cross ventilation that allows dealing with the tropical climate.

The proposal includes the design of furniture within the minimum canons to save space and generate a useful environment.

House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio

Define the response of a minimum residence, through different strategies such as the application of principles of sustainable design, use of local low energy materials incorporated and the participation of the local workforce.

Continue in the process by searching for ways that challenge possibilities for having a city solution closer to reality that optimizes your resources.


House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio
House Between Blocks
House Between Blocks
© JAG Studio


House Between Blocks
Facade
House Between Blocks
Axonometric
House Between Blocks
Floor Plan
House Between Blocks
Sketch

Natura Futura Arquitectura
Natura Futura Arquitectura
1204 Babahoyo, Ecuador