Article source: Taller General + Jose María Sáez

The project’s objective was to generate a holiday house that establishes an intimate relationship with nature while maintaining a good connection with the outside. A house that combines these two complexities and proposes an alternative to everyday life. The house is located in Mindo, a town in the humid forest of the Ecuadorian Andes in an area known as “Chocó Andino”, this area is characterized by heavy rainfall, warm weather and high humidity.

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• Architects: Taller General + Jose María Sáez
• Project: PITAYA HOUSE
• Location: Mindo, Pichincha
• Photography: JAG Studio
• Colaboration: Madebu, Rothoblast Ecuador, Santiago León
• Engineering: Mathieu Lamour
• Design: 2019
• Construction: 2020

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