这个项目所面临的挑战是如何利用当地技术设计一个紧凑而经济的乡村住宅，并与周围的山区和热带环境相联系。首先，我们按照严格的后退规定确定了房子的位置，并利用了以前的土方工程。我们将建筑体量放置在被本地森林包围的狭长地带和现有的平坦露台上。这样一来，社交区就可以面对北方的远方风景，而且房子在任何时候都不会对游泳池产生阴影。
The challenge in this project was to design a compact and affordable country house with local technology and connected to the surrounding mountainous and tropical context. First, we defined the position of the house following strict setbacks regulation and taking advantage of a previously made earthwork. We located the built volume on a narrow strip of land surrounded by native forests and on the existing flat terrace. In this way, the social area faces the distant landscape to the north, and the house does not cast shadows on the pool at any time.
接下来，我们通过一系列相互连接的空间来衔接这块地和房子：停车场、棕榈园、游泳池、露台、凉棚、双层高的社交区、低矮的天井、房间、后花园、原始森林。这个序列允许房子向外开放，向景观开放，或者向内开放，集中在庭院里。
Next, we articulated the lot and the house through a sequence of interconnected spaces: parking, palm garden, swimming pool, terrace, pergola, double-height social area, low patio, rooms, rear garden, native forest. This sequence allows the house to function extroverted and open to the landscape, or introverted and focused on the courtyard.
我们将社交区域设计成没有围墙的开放空间，尽管厨房有一扇大的滑动木门可以打开，将厨房和服务区融入到房子的日常使用中。在餐厅和天井之间，有一扇门可以关闭私人空间，在夜间或不使用房屋时将房间隔离。
We designed the social areas as open spaces without enclosures, although the kitchen has a large sliding wooden door that opens to integrate the kitchen and the service area into the daily use of the house. Between the dining room and the patio, a door allows the private spaces to be closed, isolating the rooms at night or when the house is not used.
最后，我们通过两个倾斜和平行的屋顶来设计房屋部分，第一个屋顶在客厅和餐厅上方，第二个屋顶在后面的三个房间上方。作为一个整体，这些屋顶的功能就像一个小型工业仓库的屋顶，允许自然光的进入，交叉通风，以及在最高区域的热空气出口。位于西端的一个圆形体量容纳了一个储水箱。
Finally, we designed the house section through two sloped and parallel roofs, the first over the living room and dining room and the second over the three rear rooms. As a whole, these roofs function like those of a small industrial warehouse, allowing natural light access, cross ventilation, and hot air outlet in the highest areas. A circular volume located at the western end houses a water reserve tank.
房子的材料很简单：来自附近砖厂的砖和瓷砖、带孔的混凝土块、一些钢柱和凉棚、屋顶瓦片和经过认证的本地木材，房子的外观介于传统住房建筑和小型工业建筑之间。红色突出并补充了周围大自然的绿色。
With simple materials: bricks and ceramic tiles from nearby brickyards, perforated concrete blocks, some steel columns and pergola, roof tiles, and certified native wood, the house has an appearance halfway between traditional housing construction and a small industrial building. The red colour highlights and complements the green colour of the surrounding nature.
Architects: Plan:b arquitectos
Area: 1700 ft²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Alejandro Arango
Manufacturers: Alfarera Pueblo Viejo, Casa Medina, Corona, Distecsa
Lead Architects: Felipe Mesa, Federico Mesa
Project Direction:Cristian Camacho, Verónica Mesa
Work Team:Laura Kate Correa, Sebastián González, Leyre Vicente
Structural Design:Plexus / Ingeniería Integral
Builder:Plomada Constructores
Client:Familia Mesa
City:Amaga
Country:Colombia