HOUSE OF HOUSES位于哥斯达黎加的圣何塞，是由YUSO与一个特殊的家庭共同开发的项目：一位美籍教授和单身母亲，她的女儿和儿子–每周只有几天住在家里，其余时间都与他们的另一位母亲和父亲在一起–以及他们的祖父，他有着积极和独立的生活。

Located in San Jose de Costa Rica, HOUSE OF HOUSES is a project developed by YUSO together with an extraordinary family: a US-American professor and single mother, her daughter, and son —who only live at home a few days per week as they spend the remaining time with their other mother and father—, and their grandfather, who has an active and independent life.

从一开始，这个项目就提出了一个设计挑战：在200平方米的实用面积上创造一个136平方米的房子，必须符合每个居民的具体要求并重申他们的身份。第一步是分析我们如何在狭长的土地上分配空间，这取决于所需的空间方案。由此，我们建议设置内部天井，以便能够以最好的方式为所有房间通风和照明，同时，为每个居民的核心部分提供分离。这样，该项目被分为三个单元（住宅）：一个为祖父，另一个为孩子，还有一个为母亲。这些单元中的每一个都有明显的区别，并根据每个居民的需要有自己的身份。在这个过程中，出现了 “由房子组成的房子 “的想法；整个项目仍然是一个单一的房子，但被细分为三个独立的单元。这种设计为每个居民提供了一个明确的、具有全球和个人身份的差异化空间，同时又不失去家庭成员之间的联系。

From the offset, the project presented a design challenge; to create a house of 136 m2 of construction, in a lot of 200 m2 of useful area that had to conform to the specific requirements of each of the inhabitants and reaffirm their identities. The first step was to analyze how we could distribute the spaces in a narrow and elongated lot, depending on the space program required. From this, we proposed to have internal patios to be able to ventilate and illuminate all the rooms in the best possible way which, at the same time, served to separate the nuclei for each one of the inhabitants. This way, the project was divided into three units (HOUSES): one for the grandfather, another one for the children, and one for the mother. Each of these units would be clearly differentiated and would have its own identity based on the needs of each inhabitant. In this process, the idea of a House comprised of Houses arose; the overall project remained a single house but sub-divided into three separate units. This design offered each of the inhabitants a clearly differentiated space with both a global and individual identity without losing the connections among family members.

在材料层面，可持续性是主要目标。房子是根据所使用的材料的商业尺寸来调节的，这保证了现场的浪费是最小的。可以回收利用或容易生物降解的材料，如木材和竹子，也在大部分情况下被采用。在生物气候层面上，该住宅通过内部天井的设计保证了居民的舒适性，允许使用被动缓解策略。它还有一个雨水收集系统，为所有三个浴室的厕所和绿地的灌溉系统提供水源。

At the materiality level, sustainability was the main objective. The house was modulated according to the commercial sizes of the materials used, which guaranteed that the waste on-site was minimal. Materials that could be recycled or that would easily biodegrade such as wood and bamboo were also implemented for the most part. At a bioclimatic level, the house guarantees comfort to the inhabitants through the design of internal patios that allow the use of passive mitigation strategies. It also has a rainwater collection system that supplies water to the toilets in all three bathrooms and the irrigation system for the green areas.

Architects: YUSO
Area : 135 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs : Roberto D´ambrosio
Manufacturers : Bambuplus, EPA, Ferromax, METALCO, SIPCO
Lead Architect : José Antonio Salas
Architecture Assistant : L. Esteban García
Electric Design : José Manuel Incer
Structural Design : Juan Carlos Cordero
Budget : Walter Leone
City : San Rafael
Country : Costa Rica