基多历史老城的一栋房子将目光转向了一个私人花园。在旧的露台上，新的大厅成为室内和室外的连接点。一个连续的钢梁重申了向景观开放的天职，而它的水平性则统一了面向花园的外墙。
A house in Quito’s Historic Old Town turns its gaze on a private garden. On the old terrace, the new hall becomes a connector between the interior and the exterior. A continuous steel girder reaffirms the vocation of openness to the landscape, while its horizontality unifies the facade facing the garden.
钢梁的两端与土坯（晒干的泥砖）墙微妙地分开，几乎不接触它们。移动的长廊允许朝向花园的大范围开放，用户可选择的房间可以恢复其原始状态的露台。
The extremes of the beam are delicately separated from the adobe (sun-dried mud brick) wall, barely tapping them. The mobile gallery allows for a wide range of openings towards the garden, user selectable room can regain its original condition terrace.
在内部，大厅是一个内部连接器，是房子的心脏。巨大的、实质性的、永恒的，是房子的物质性的极端表达。它的垂直度只与太阳和其他房间有关。厚重而不规则的穿孔与内部的视觉效果相一致，创造出一种原始而不明显的秩序。
Inside, the hall is an internal connector, the heart of the house. Massive, substantive, timeless, is the extreme expression of the materiality of the house. Its verticality relates only to the sun and the other rooms. The thick and irregular perforations are aligned with the internal visuals, creating a primitive and non-obvious order.
构造系统是这个原始房屋及其土地的主要行为者。悬挂十八米的横梁，在结构墙上放置天花板，在地面上挖出一条裂缝以拯救急剧下降的地面。
The constructive system is the principal actor of this original house and its land: Hanging a beam of eighteen meters, placing a ceiling on structural walls, digging a crack in the ground to save the sharp drop.
Architects: Jose María Sáez
Year : 2007
City：QUITO
Country：Ecuador