Jorge Ramón Giacometti

Ocal House

Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig

OCAL HOUSE

Jorge Ramón Giacometti Taller de Arquitectura

LEAD ARCHITECT
Jorge Ramon Giacometti

DESIGN TEAM
Gabriel Utreras Betancourt, María Fernanda Pineda , Emmanuelle Treviño

ENGINEERING
Patricio Cevallos

AREA
110 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Atahualpa, Ecuador

CATEGORY
Landscape Architecture, Houses

Text description provided by architect.

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.

Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig
Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig

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.

Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig
Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig
Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig

Hence, we manufactured five modular porticos that covered the different program areas.

We elevated from the ground with footings and concrete piles, orienting the volume towards the predominant views.

We solved the porticos, beams and joists with eucalyptus slats; in addition to the envelope with tongue and groove staves of the same material.

Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig
Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig
Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig

Finally, we placed recycled sheet metal furniture and metal profiles previously made in the workshop.

During the whole challenge, we tried to reduce the complexity of the construction system, minimize the number of displacements, and condense the execution time in five months.

Within time, we created a complex element, closely related to its landscape.

Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig
Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig
Ocal House
© Claudia Muñoz Karig


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