Casa Nativa is the project by David Regalado Arquitectura located in the Ecuadorian mountains in the province of Loja, where human traces are rare except for a few farms. The house has been designed to be placed into nature and adapted to the surrounding native forest with a minimal environmental impact and with respect for the history and community of the place. The brick cladding, produced and applied by local craftsmen, shows special attention in this sense.
Conceived to accommodate two people and built on one level in a property of more than 12,000 square meters, the structure is a reference to the traditional farmhouse. It is a low volume of 80 square meters in relation to the land and the landscape thanks to the continuous play of glances on the outside. In fact, when open, the facades generate a feeling of continuity on all sides, making the environment an extension of the project; when closed, on the other hand, they isolate and protect the residence.
Watching the Ecuadorian rural landscape from Casa Nativa’s roof
Local materials, patio and roof-terrace: the house designed by David Regalado Arquitectura opens onto the mountains in a continuous dialogue with the environment.
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- Francesca Grillo
- 09 June 2020
- Malacatos, Loja, Ecuador
- David Regalado Arquitectura
- 80 sqm
- Residential house
- 2020
The house hosts the living area at the entrance: the open space includes living room and kitchen and overlooks a patio that occupies almost the entire length of the building. Rooms are flexible and can be adapted to accommodate more than one couple, ensuring common and private areas. The slightly sloping roof offers an additional possibility to relate with the mountains by becoming a habitable terrace-solarium that generates the feeling of floating on the surrounding landscape.
- Native House
- Malacatos, Loja, Ecuador
- Casa residenziale
- David Regalado Arquitectura
- Arch. David Regalado Ojeda
- David Regalado Arquitectos
- Roberto Lysak and family
- 80 sqm
- 2020
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