Oblique Extension House

Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota

Oblique Extension House 

DHZ arquitectura

MANUFACTURERS
Duramit, Edimca, Novacero, Proyectil, Tienda Blau

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
David Hidalgo Zunino

TIENDA BLAU/ FURNITURE
Juan Miguel Galarza

PROGRAM
Ampliación Cuarto Master, Espacio Flexible, Deck Exterior, Espacio Flexible, Yoga,

METAL WORKS
Bernardo Jarrin

PHOTOGRAPHS
Andrés Villota

AREA
 50 m² 

YEAR
2022 

LOCATION
Ecuador 

CATEGORY
Houses 

Text description provided by architect.

The Oblique Extension House comes from the need of the owners to recover a disused terrace of the master bedroom and generate a new deck on the ground floor.

Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota
Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota

The main uses for this expansion are a space for yoga, aerial yoga, hammocks, reading, and seating areas in a totally flexible space, the spatial dynamics in a given length were the challenge of the proposal.

The proposal, apart from granting new uses, seeks to refresh the facade of a house with an industrial style, materials such as exposed concrete, micro cement, and stainless steel, are part of the original project.

A cantilevered cube that is from the current construction, with a rusty tool skin and a window with an oblique perspective forms the nucleus of the extension, from the lower face of the nucleus, the deck spaces are born: hammocks, aerial yoga, and reading.

Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota
Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota
Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota

The design of the skin is based on the manufacture of a structural mesh, modulated for maximum use of the tool plates, depending on the space.

To avoid the use of bolts in the installation of the plates, a fold was made around the contour of each of them, which allowed the use of welding.

Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota
Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota

The interior of the cube, lined entirely with triplex (plywood), is an extension of the master bedroom, the window conceived as a painting where the landscape takes center stage. The inclination of the window generates a reading bench inside it.

A smooth concrete deck completes the architectural proposal, long enough to be incorporated with the surrounding vegetation.

Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota
Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota

The space below the deck allows you to enjoy the landscape on rainy days; while the space without a roof grants multiple uses: space for barbecue, fire pit, living area, sunbathing, and enjoyment.


Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota
Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota
Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota


Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota
Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota
Oblique Extension House
© Andrés Villota


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