布洛克-邦德住宅探索了一种脱离形式练习的建筑，并接近于空间和建筑诗学的周到解决方案。它构成了一个反应，阐明了一个年轻家庭的要求，加强了场地的固有关系，并揭示了构造材料的质量，使其成为一个优雅的现代简约的作品，具有表现力和温暖的特点。

The Block Bond House explores an architecture removed from formal exercises and approaches a thoughtful solution of spatial and construction poetics. It constitutes a response that articulates the requirements of a young family, enhances the inherent relationships of the site, and reveals the tectonic material qualities into a piece of elegant contemporary simplicity with an expressive and warm character.

在建筑干预之前，有一块成熟的树地：从第一笔开始，现有植被的雄辩存在就被捕捉到了，这决定了建筑体量的位置，它战略性地避开了树木，回应了场地的前后状况。

A mature tree lot preceded the architectural intervention: from the first stroke, the eloquent presence of the existing vegetation was captured, which determined the position of the architectonic volumes that strategically avoided the trees and responded to the front-back condition of the site.

一棵鳄梨树的优势，伴随着一系列的柠檬树，为产生一个dromos或入口通道设定了模式，它作为一个从公共空间到私人空间的过渡空间，在鳄梨树冠和房子的入口大厅形成的自然门槛上结束。

The predominance of an avocado tree, accompanied by a series of lemon trees, set the pattern for generating a dromos or entrance passage that acts as a transition space from public to private space and ends in the natural threshold formed by the avocado canopy and the house’s entrance hall.

在前庭之后，出现了一个光亮的空间，它包含了社交区域，并捕捉到了后花园的树木和溪流。这个社交空间是宽广、开放和灵活的。悬浮的木质屋顶掩盖了一个大的起居室，这个起居室打开后可以看到里面的花园。这个逗留的地方散发着材料的质感、新鲜感和多种透明性。室内和室外的关系通过大的折叠门被模糊化，花园可以进入客厅，反之亦然。

Following the vestibule, a diaphanous space of light appears which contains the social area and captures the rear garden trees and the stream. This social space is wide, open, and flexible. The levitating wooden roof shelters a large living room that opens inviting the garden inside. This place of stay exudes material texture, freshness, and multiple transparencies. The relationship between interior and exterior is blurred through large folding doors that allow the garden to enter the living room and vice versa.

房子的特点体现在表现性材料的主导地位，如裸露的砖、钢、木材，以及它们的精心安排。27x13x7cm的砖的尺寸是外部和内部立面的调制的特点，使用块状键合，是拉伸键和堆积键的组合。两道砖是用堆积键铺设的，接下来的两道砖是在错开半块砖的情况下铺设的，给大型陶瓷平面带来了特殊的纹理。外墙是由双层墙建成的，在砖的后面隐藏着一个通风的气室，可以防止潮湿的负面影响，改善房屋的内部热舒适度，增加温暖，减少热量损失。

The character of the house is manifested in the predominance of expressive materials such as exposed brick, steel, wood, and their careful arrangement. The dimensions of the 27x13x7cm brick characterize the modulation of the exterior and interior facades, using a block bond assembly, a combination of the stretcher and stack bond. Two courses are laid in stack bond and the next two courses are laid while staggering by half a brick, giving a special texture to the large ceramic planes. The facade is built of a double wall, and behind the brick is hidden a ventilated air chamber that prevents the negative effects of humidity, improves the internal thermal comfort of the house, adds warmth, and reduces heat loss.

钢结构暴露在房屋的战略位置。梁、凉棚、栏杆、楼梯和天窗都是精心设计的，因此它们的暴露部分不仅要显示出钢的承载性，还要显示出塑性。其结果是，砖块与木材和钢材的轻盈形成了鲜明的对比，形成了坚实的体积质量。

The steel structure is exposed in strategic places in the house. Beams, pergolas, railings, stairs, and skylights were carefully designed so that their exposed parts had not only to demonstrate the bearing qualities of steel but also plastic qualities. The result figures a solid volumetric quality where the brick contrasts with the lightness of wood and steel.

作为点睛之笔，一个可居住的屋顶被整合到设计中，通过一个光滑的螺旋形楼梯进入，该楼梯是由精心制作的金属制成。用户可以体验到从房屋外部到上层露台的上升过程，这是一个愉快的户外生活空间，可以看到山谷的全景。

As a finishing touch, a habitable roof is integrated into the design, which is accessed by means of a sleek spiral staircase, of careful metal fabrication. The user experiences the ascent from the exterior of the house to the upper terrace, a pleasant outdoor living space with a panoramic view of the valley.

Architects: Architekten, Felipe Palacios + Johann Moeller
Area : 209 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Bicubik
Manufacturers : GRAPHISOFT, Ecuaroofing, Esacero, Jens Bokel, TEKNOMUEBLE
City : Quito
Country : Ecuador