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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

CASA CF in Azuay, Ecuador by Christian Calle Figueroa

 
March 12th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Christian Calle Figueroa

CF house arises from a commission in which the traditional features of a country house in Ecuador were requested: porch, grill, low permeable bedrooms and an attic, additionally it was required not to use wood in the structure. The project budget was very limited for the size of the house, which required the use of standard, economic construction materials.

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

  • Architects: Christian Calle Figueroa
  • Project: CASA CF
  • Location: Valle de Yunguilla, Azuay, Ecuador
  • Photography: Felipe Cobos Hermida
  • Year of manufacture: 2013
  • Construction  area: 192m2
  • Book value: USD 52.800,00
  • Price m2: USD 275,00
  • Collaborator: Mario Ulloa
  • Furniture: Juan Durán

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

As a strategy to organize the program, we grouped the house into three sections: the first is for the home owners, a second block for visitors and finally a storage block with grill. The space between these blocks defines the social areas which can be organized through giant sliding doors into different ways according to the needs and activities in the house. A large roof is the element that ties the whole program, generating the attic like a large double height void. It is designed as an open space that continues with the idea of a free program.

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

The constructive approach was to deal with the question: How expressive inexpensive materials like painted plaster, asphalt roof coating, scrap wood construction can be? The result was an economic building in its construction, extremely flexible with the ability to adapt to many activities and organizations, with much permeability to the environment and an economy of resources resulting in a construction cost per square meter of $275.

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Felipe Cobos Hermida

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

Image Courtesy © Christian Calle Figueroa

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