21-04-2016
A House for Someone Like Me, Natura Futura Arquitectura
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Creating an eye-catching, cosy home on a tight budget for a young mother with two children and a business in Babahoyo centre, province of Los Ríos, Ecuador.
This is what the studio of José Fernando Gomez, Natura Futura Arquitectura - already known to our readers (lnk) - handled, with the use of a range of strategies to end up with design solution that was economically sustainable as well as being a feast for the eyes.
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On a site of just 7 x 20 metres an interesting spatial exploration was used to construct two bedrooms (one with en-suite) plus an open-plan living, kitchen and dining zone, bathroom and patio that extends the living area outdoors to link the home with the street.
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By careful selection of building materials, general costs were kept down, thanks to simple, easily sourced materials like concrete and bare bricks for floor and walls, wood for the doors, and a metal frame with tin roof. At the same time, these were skilfully combined to create a warm, welcoming ambience where you can really feel at home.
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Being a tropical climate zone, the architects opted to set up a dialogue between indoors and out, so the timber sliding doors of the living zone open up completely onto the patio, which in turn communicates with the street through a perforated wall that creates a great lantern effect at night.
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With “House for Someone Like Me”, Natura Futura Arquitectura shows how architecture rooted in tradition - like the materials - and that makes the best use of the space, even when limited, as a resource can come up with really special responses even in tough districts, like the one where this project is located in Babahoya. A virtuous example in the fresh style of these young Ecuadorian architects.
Christiane Bürklein
Project: Natura Futura Arquitectura
Architect in charge: José Fernando Gómez M
Location: Babahoyo, Ecuador
José Fernando Gómez M
Construction area: 85 m2
Year: 2016
Photographs: Cristhian Guerrero and Natura Futura