The idea corresponds to the primary concept of home as a child would draw it. This construction made out of local stone and slate, is a search for the essence of the concept of home, for safeguarding from the natural elements, and the exaltation of the landscape. It is a contemporary reinterpretation of the rural house in the mountains.
The volume is a pure prism that captures the sun on all sides avoiding eaves to assimilate as much heat from the sun in the cold climate of the plateau at an altitude of 2,700 m, toward the stunning view of a dam.
Attached to the volume, another prism, this one totally contemporary, heats the house with the morning sun while it serves as a buffer and leisure area from home activities. Within it, all bathrooms in the house are lit overhead and heated during the day, creating a false sense of being outdoors but without the inclement weather.
Material Used:
Facade cladding: Local stone
Flooring: Hidraulic tiles flooring, by Patricia Viancha Miranda
Doors: Wooden elements made of demolition wood by Abelardo Rojas, Artesanias El Cacique, Nobsa, Boyacá.
Roofing: Slate from Pacho, Cundinamarca (a nearby town)
Interior furniture: Pine from cultivated forests, by Jorge Nuñez, Vereda el Vino, Cundinamarca