Tec Taller Ec

House Between Gardens

House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo

House Between Gardens 

Tec Taller Ec

ARCHITECTS
Tec Taller Ec

AREA
280 M²

YEAR
2023

PHOTOGRAPHS
Paolo Caicedo

MANUFACTURERS
Decorative, Dimalvid, Dolmen, Madebú

CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Cynthia Quintero, Paolo Caicedo

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Pedro Ospina

LANDSCAPE
Romina Delgado

LOCATION
Cumbaya, Ecuador

CATEGORY
Houses

DESIGN TEAM
Pablo Castro, Roberto Morales, Juan Ruiz, Daniela Veinitimilla, Maria Emilia Arellano

House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo

Text description provided by architect.

The House Among Gardens is a 280m2 residence located in the Cumbayá Valley, 20 minutes from Quito.

House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo

As a concept, the typology of a single-family home is decomposed and formed from a grid of eight modules, four built and four open.

These spaces relate to each other and alternate through a clear longitudinal circulation axis that not only connects the spaces but also divides the public and private areas of the house.

House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo

This typology of the floor plan allows the house to open towards the gardens and close off the front facade, allowing for greater privacy and a relationship between all the spaces of the house and the green area.

The architectural program is divided into two parts; one that houses all the rigid service and bedroom areas, and the second that houses the social area of the living room, dining room, and kitchen, where the main activity of the house takes place.

House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo

These two main volumes were conceived as a double-height free structure, composed of a semi-solid brick base and a black metallic roof that together achieve the minimum possible materiality.

It appears orderly from the outside as a product of its programmatic logic and inside, connecting in a section with the private program of the upper floor.

Alongside these volumes, and displaced, are two two-story volumes that house the private program.

House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo

The result of the design process allows us to read the architecture through the connection of the rooms and gardens connected by an outer ring of pedestrian circulation.

The plot has a heavy traffic street in front, which forces us to work on the closed front facade, giving privacy to the house above vehicular and pedestrian flow.

In response to the warm climate of the valley, this play of displacement of rooms and gardens generates cross ventilation in the rooms, allowing for adequate thermal comfort in the residence.

House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo


House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo
House Between Gardens
© Paolo Caicedo


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Tec Taller Ec
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