Emilio López Arquitecto

Muta House

Muta House
© JAG Studio

MUTA HOUSE

Emilio López Arquitecto

LOCATION
Quito, Ecuador

CATEGORY
House

AREA
1238 ft²

YEAR
2020

PHOTOGRAPHS
JAG Studio

MANUFACTURERS
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The Muta House is located in a peripheral area of ​​the city of Quito in the Nayón valley. The terrain has a slight unevenness and views of the eastern mountain range.

Muta House
© JAG Studio
Muta House
© JAG Studio

The house is resolved in two moments, with different materialities. The first articulates walls and reinforced concrete slabs, which material continuity envelops the interior spatiality, and adapts to the suburban city environment on its exteriors.

Muta House
© JAG Studio
Muta House
© JAG Studio

The left exposed concrete, the polished floor, and the formwork walls and waffle ceiling, create different textures.

Muta House
© JAG Studio
Muta House
© JAG Studio
Muta House
© JAG Studio

The changing needs of the client lead to a next moment, in which new materiality is adopted, with smaller modules clad in black corten steel and wooden window frames.

Initially, the house had 80m2 of interior areas, and 40m2 of terraces, which was later expanded: 15 m2 on the upper floor (towards the terraces), and 20m2 in an independent module.

Muta House
© JAG Studio
Muta House
© JAG Studio
Muta House
© JAG Studio
Muta House
© JAG Studio

On the ground floor, the kitchen is integrated into the social area, which can accommodate an extra bedroom by moving a mobile partition.

On the upper floor, there is the main bedroom that grows towards the two terraces, and a bathroom. Two double heights are located in the diagonals of the house, the first integrated to the social area, and the second to the staircase.

Muta House
© JAG Studio
Muta House
© JAG Studio
Muta House
© JAG Studio


Muta House
Sketch
Muta House
Sketch


Muta House
Model 02 - Idea 02
Muta House
Model 01 - Idea 01

Emilio López Arquitecto
T +593 99 2121300
Emilio López Arquitecto
Calle Los Rios N8-38 and Esmeraldas. Quito, Ecuador