Kusy Kawsay
KUSY KAWSAY
Al Borde + David Guambo
ARCHITECTS
Al Borde, David Guambo, Uti - Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica
PHOTOGRAPHS
JAG Studio
STUDENT
David Guambo
DESIGN TEAM
Al Borde + Uti – Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica + David Guambo
INSTITUTION
UTI - Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Martín Real
LOCATION
Sucre, Ecuador
TEACHERS
Al Borde
CATEGORY
Installations & Structures, Cultural Architecture, Historic Preservation
YEAR
2016
Text description provided by architect.
The problem that triggers this work comes together with the duty of his author: I became a big fan to listen up the music loud
It allowed me to do my architecture school assignments during the nights, but I did not realize that this bothered my neighbors.
The project is a small cabin/studio to do the homework and listen to music without disturbing anybody.
An introspection space settled down into the slope of the terrain, leaving at its lower base a meeting and rest space for the neighbors, which can be under the shade.
The project recovers traditional construction systems, which over time were relegated or even neglected by their inhabitants.
People there make fun of the project because I was building with a traditional technique, it is not common to value our heritage, and most people prefer to build like in the city, thinking that they will save money.
The construction of this shelter -small sound’s box- brings a contemporary language to the lost vernacular architecture in the village of Sucre.
Kusy Kawsay means Passionate Life, it is written in Kichwa -traditional language of the andes indigenous.
