这座房子位于瓜纳卡斯特省卡里略市的一个林区，从一开始就考虑到要保护该地区最大数量的现有树木。这是房屋与其周边环境融合的一个起点，诸如渗透性、整合性和外部-内部关系等概念成为设计过程中的根本。
The house is located in a wooded area in Carrillo de Guanacaste and from the beginning it was considered to conserve the largest number of existing trees on the property. This was a starting point to the integration of the house with its immediate context and concepts such as permeability, integration and the exterior – interior relationship became fundamental in the design process.
房子需要安全，因为它每年有许多星期无人居住，并能抵御天气条件和海风的影响。从这些限制中诞生了野蛮主义建筑的想法，一个带有可渗透膜的钢筋混凝土住所，以适应时间性、建筑方案和气候。在施工过程中，决定保留一棵穿过社会空间的树，在房子和这个生命体之间创造一种协同作用，外部住在内部，内部向外投射。几年后，我们决定扩大房子的建筑方案，纳入一个新的客房，自然地融入现有的建筑，寻求原来的体积已经暗示我们的体积简单，也融入现有的环境，以便在房子的每个部分都能感受到外部-内部的关系。
The house needed to be safe as it is uninhabited for many weeks a year and be resistant to weather conditions and the sea breeze. From these limitations the idea of brutalist architecture was born, a reinforced concrete shelter with permeable membranes that adapt to the temporalities, the architectural program, and the climate. During the construction process, it was decided to preserve a tree that crossed the social space creating a synergy between the house and this living being, the exterior is lived in the interior and the interior is projected outward… Years later, it was decided to expand the architectural program of the house to incorporate a new guest room that integrates naturally into the existing construction, seeking the volumetric simplicity that the original volume already suggested to us, and that is also integrated into the existing context so that the exterior – an interior relationship is felt in every part of the house.
我们打算让这个新的体量直接与第二层的露台相连，并关注从房子中心升起的那棵树，因此建议新体量的一个大开口同时关注：那棵树和该地的主要景观，同时通过减少太阳对房子影响的元素来保护它，如百叶窗和大屋檐，也为房间内部提供热舒适。体积的材质建议与项目的其他部分形成一定的对比，同时保持现有材料的原始风格，感觉融入项目。Ethos House是一个寻求增强其所在环境之美的项目，同时也是一个增强构成其材料之美的项目，在这样的情况下，建筑技术的工作是一丝不苟的，所以每一种材料和装饰都以其纯粹的方式暴露出来。
It is intended that this new volume connects directly with the terrace of the second level and focuses on the tree that rises from the center of the house, so a large opening of the new volume is proposed to focus both: the tree and the predominant view of the site, and which will be protected at the same time by elements that reduce the solar impact on the house, such as blinds and large eaves that also provide thermal comfort to the interior of the room. The materiality of the volume is proposed to create a certain contrast with the rest of the project and at the same time maintain the raw style of the existing materials and feel integrated into the project. Ethos House is a project that seeks to enhance the beauty of the context in which it is located, but also of the materials that compose it, in such a way that the construction techniques were worked on in a meticulous way so each material and finish was exposed in its own pure way.
Architects: QBO3 Arquitectos
Area: 425 m²
Year: 2020
Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Lumion, Adobe, Hi-Light Industries, OVAT, Porceramica, QBO3 Construcción, Trimble Navigation
City：PUERTO CARRILLO
Country：Costa Rica