#RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS
natura futura arquitectura completes urban social housing project in ecuador
located in the city of babahoyo, provincia de los ríos, ecuador, ‘house for someone like me’ is built on a vulnerable and insecure suburb, with a fast-growing population that has opened the possibility for new constructions.
vero, the owner, is a young entrepreneur and mother of two, who manages her own business selling fruits and vegetables in the center of the city. for her, natura futura arquitectura considered a dwelling that makes the best out of the small lot, a 7×20 meter space. the design proposes a two-bedroom house, with an open space that consists of a dining room, living room, kitchen, bathroom, and courtyard.the materials used for construction involve basic typologies of envelopes that use composition as a tool for exploration where masonry concrete blocks overlap with bricks. as for the doors and windows, they use traditional wood and metal, mostly as a response to the tropical climate of the region. to foster the dialogue with the outside, the doors of the living room are folded, generating a connective space that converges in different activities.
the composition of the enclosure seeks to establish through the visual relationship generated by the openness, the sense of belonging, security, community, confidence, and care, encouraging good-neighborly relations. the result is an architecture that encourages the what reflects on its social role on needing communities.
