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On a steep Andean slope, with views towards the volcanoes Imbabura, Cayambe, Fuya Fuya, and Cusín and the San Pablo lake, the house is conceived as a long line facing the landscape. At this altitude, light, clouds, and temperature shift dramatically throughout the day; the architecture is designed so that each room frames these changes, making the passage of time the central experience of inhabiting the house.

Construction will combine vernacular and modern techniques. Rammed earth walls, built from the soil of the site, form the main structure and provide thermal mass: absorbing heat during the day and releasing it at night to balance the region’s extreme temperature swings. A reinforced concrete base ensures protection against water and seismic movement, while the roof will be built with timber harvested from a forest on the property. In this way, the entire structural shell will be made from the matter of the place itself.

The plan follows a clear modular logic. Five identical units are aligned in sequence, each adapted to a different function. A corridor links them, and doors allow the spaces to open or close, creating flexibility within a rigid grid.

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