该项目是在基多的Guápulo社区开发的，它是一个古老的土著人定居点，从城市郊区的一个小镇变成了一个具有异质人口的城市社区。大多数房子都是自建的，住着大家族。随着时间的推移，它们成为主要为艺术家、移民、游客和学生提供的出租房。
The project is developed in the neighborhood of Guápulo in Quito, it is an old indigenous settlement that went from being a town on the outskirts of the city to becoming an urban neighborhood with a heterogeneous population. Most of the houses are self-built and housed extended families. With the passage of time, they became rental houses mainly for artists, migrants, tourists, and students.
该建议是对有40年历史的自制出租屋进行改造，包含9个住房空间、3个商业空间和3个浴室，由居住在该房屋的流动社区共享。原有的建筑处于不稳定的状态，必须进行研究和结构改革。由于这个原因，该房产被部分遗弃。改革的目的是最大限度地减少恢复空间所需的投资，使其安全并具有更高的空间质量，以便重新插入新的用途和居民。
The proposal was to reform the 40-year-old self-made rental house containing nine housing spaces, three commercial spaces, and three bathrooms that were shared by the flowing community that inhabited the house. The pre-existing construction was in a precarious condition and had to be subjected to a study and structural reform. Due to this, the property was partially abandoned. The intention of the reform was to minimize the investment required to recover the spaces and make them safe and of higher spatial quality for the reinsertion of new uses and inhabitants.
原有的建筑是分阶段建造的，每一个阶段都使用了不同的材料和建筑系统，包括土坯、夯土、混凝土板、木制夹层、块状、锌、砖、瓦等。对这些不同材料的反应是尊重所有的材料，并为每个空间的细节工作。
The pre-existing construction was built in stages and each one with different materials and construction systems, including adobe, rammed earth, concrete slabs, wooden mezzanines, block, zinc, brick, tile, etc. The response to this variety of materials was to respect all of them and to work on details for each of the spaces.
我们把出租屋作为一个探索的案例，去除层级，增加功利性的元素。我们想证明，目前被遗弃和不稳定的自建元素，可以用低预算进行改造和重新居住，为该行业中其他高度恶化的房屋打开选择范围。出租屋是从社区的角度来理解的，考虑到它的混合用途，各种活动可以沿着项目的斜坡和梯田发展。改革的投资主要集中在可居住空间的内部，而外部则是邻居们占用的结果，他们将逐渐不断改善这些空间。
We take the rental house as a case study of discovery, removing layers and adding utilitarian elements. We wanted to prove that self-built elements, currently abandoned and precarious, can be reformed and re-inhabited with a low budget, opening the range of options for other highly deteriorated houses in the sector. The rental house was understood from the perspective of the neighborhood, taking into consideration its mixed uses where various activities can be developed along the slope and the terraces of the project. The reforming investments are mostly focused on the interiors of habitable spaces and the exteriors are the result of the appropriation of the neighbors who will gradually keep improving them.
现有的结构是混合的，它不符合结构轴线，是根据家庭在40年的建设过程中的需要而发展的。结构改革的重点是减轻建筑，去除一切增加结构重量的东西，空间净化，表面组件和涂层。随后，新的金属片作为门廊被连接起来，加强了外墙，并将夹层连接起来，形成一个单一的结构体。
The existing structure is mixed, it does not respond to structural axes, and was developed according to the needs of the family during 40 years of construction. The structural reform focuses on lightening the construction, removing everything that adds weight to the structure, spatial purification, surface components, and coatings. Subsequently, new pieces of metal are attached as porticos that reinforce the facades and tie together the mezzanine to form a single structural body.
由于不允许靠近山体的承重夯土墙呼吸，大部分表面都有湿度。这在墙上产生了水室。出于这个原因，涂层被去除，墙体被通风。该地的泥土本身被用作制造泥土涂料的颜料和原料，用于覆盖表面和统一材料。
Most of the surfaces had humidity due to not allowing the load-bearing rammed earth walls that are close to the hill to breathe. This generated water chambers in the walls. For this reason, the coatings were removed and the walls were ventilated. The earth from the location itself was used as a pigment and raw material for the manufacturing of earth paint that was used for covering the surfaces and unifying the materials.
所有现有的木材通过基于天然油和杀虫剂的处理过程被回收，并对有开口的部分进行加固。地板被重新配置，抛光，并重新使用。
All the existing wood was recovered through a treatment process based on natural oils and pesticides, and the pieces with openings were reinforced. The floors were reconfigured, polished, and reused.
唯一添加到房子里的部件是一个模块化的空间，如果需要，可以将其拆卸。这些部件是标准化的，并通过螺丝钉进行组装。这个模块产生了一个框架，将连接在山上的后花园和Tumbaco山谷的景色结合起来。
The only piece added to the house was a modular space with the possibility of disassembling it if required. The pieces are standardized and assembled by means of screws. This module generates a framework that unites the rear garden attached to the hill and the view of the Tumbaco valley.
Architects: Rama Estudio
Area : 730 m²
Year : 2022
Photographs :José de la Torre, Isabel Delgado
Lead Architects : Carolina Rodas, Felipe Donoso, Carla Chávez
Team : José Loyo, Cristina Salazar, Diego Quilatuña, Jhosue Cabascango, Bryan Vinueza
Design And Construction Of The 63m2 Duplex : RAMA Estudio + El Sindicato Arquitectura
City : Quito
Country : Ecuador