Posted on 11/19/2018
Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos have completed the Tacuri House, a single-family home in Quito, Ecuador, whose design was inspired by the natural environment and the surrounding Algarrobo trees, giving place to the architectural concept: “living amongst the trees”.
Stepping inside the front door, and it quickly becomes apparent that the interiors of the house open to a courtyard that showcases the natural topography and the original Algarrobos trees that were on the site.
Inside, the concrete slab ceilings resembling the trees’ foliage, while the black metallic columns, like tree trunks, hold the slabs of concrete together.
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