建筑是对局限性和可能性的探索。缺乏规范生成城市的方式的公共政策影响了拉丁美洲的大部分地区。这种情况是由于缺乏对环境的解读和对城市是居住在其中的人的一种物理表现的理解。考虑到这一点，有必要制定重视传统材料和当地劳动力的法律，创造更多可持续发展的城市。

Architecture as an Exploration of Limits and Possibilities. The absence of public policies that regulate the ways of generating a city affects a large part of Latin America. Such a situation is the result of a lack of reading the context and understanding that the city is a physical expression of those who inhabit it. Bearing this in mind, it is necessary to create laws that value traditional materials and local labour, creating more sustainable cities.

历史和诊断。该项目位于厄瓜多尔洛斯里奥斯省Babahoyo市的中心，大约有15万居民，是一个具有热带气候的沿海地区。该城市的周边地区具有悠久的砖瓦生产传统，尽管技术发展，但工匠的方法一直是首选。该项目位于市中心的一个街区，当地的经验主义是显而易见的，建筑反应的多样性在现代和当代之间，以及Alucobond板和水泥之间是可以感受到的。也就是说，使用以下配方是很重要的。

History and diagnosis. The project is located in the centre of the city of Babahoyo, in the Los Ríos Province, Ecuador, of approximately 150,000 inhabitants, a coastal area with a tropical climate. The peripheries of the city have been characterized by a long tradition of brick production, where despite technological development, the artisan method has been preferred. The project is located in a block in the city centre where the local empiricism is evident, the diversity of architectural responses is palpable between the modern and the contemporary and the alucobond panels and the cement. That said, it is important to use the following recipe.

扩展的限制。一对老年夫妇选择翻新一栋处于废弃和破损状态的建筑。鉴于此，建议对其正面进行重新配置，思考是否有可能建造一堵墙，对城市和建筑内部都是有用的。通过这种方式，内部和外部之间的联系并没有减少到一个物理薄膜，但它在使用中向两端延伸，同时显示出自己是一个限制和一个有用的程序。

Extended Limits. An elderly couple chooses to renovate a building in a state of disuse and deterioration. Given this, the reconfiguration of its front is proposed, thinking about the possibility of a wall that would be useful, both for the city and for the interior of the building. In this way, the link between the interior and the exterior is not reduced to a physical membrane, but it extends in use towards both ends, showing itself simultaneously as a limit and a useful program.

作为调节器的材料。该项目有一个8米宽x10米高的外墙。面对这种高度的情况，我们建议使用砖作为新的正面的调节器。这种调制以指数的方式从砖的单位到整个体积。这种策略被夹在主体和空隙之间，允许每个空间有足够的自然采光和通风。

The Material as Modulator. The project has a facade of 8m width x 10m height. Faced with such a situation regarding height, it is proposed to use the brick as a modulator of a new front. This modulation goes from the unit of the brick to the entire volume in an exponential way. Such a strategy is sandwiched between bodies and voids, allowing adequate natural lighting and ventilation in each space.

两用的正面。从一个基本的正方形体量开始，在它的三个层面上产生了砖块盒子。这些盒子在它们的顶点被连接起来，并由凹陷的玻璃板来补充。上述策略使得在每一层的内墙上产生书柜、书桌、画廊和书架成为可能，而在外部则让位于漂浮的蔬菜露台，从而突出了砖块立方体的力量，使城市得到驯服。

The Dual-Use Front. Starting from a basic squared volumetry, brick boxes are generated in its three levels. These boxes are joined at their vertex and are complemented by recessed glass panels. The aforementioned strategy makes it possible to generate bookcases, desks, galleries, and shelves on the interior wall on each floor, while on the exterior it gives way to floating vegetable terraces, thus highlighting the forcefulness of the brick cubes that are domesticating the urban.

改变的高度。在这个过程中，出现了一个问题。如果在寻找新的宜居系统的过程中，改变看待城市的方式及其传统的限制和高度，会发生什么？这样的问题导致了可以蹲着或踮着脚尖欣赏风景的窗户–取决于有关人员的身高。换句话说，”传统窗户 “的概念已经被突破，但并没有放弃其功能、光线、通风和视野。

Altered Heights. During the process, a question arose: What would happen if, during the search for new habitable systems, the ways of seeing the city and its conventional limits and heights were altered? Such questioning resulted in windows with views that are enjoyed squatting and on tiptoe – depending on the height of the person in question. In other words, the concept of a “traditional window” has been transgressed without giving up its functionality, light, ventilation, and view.

探索。Opreación Entre Medianera项目旨在强调被城市遗失的持久工艺，这是一种修复建筑的方式，同时反映了产生和居住在这里的社区的特异性。

The Exploration. The project Opreación Entre Medianera aims to highlight enduring craftsmanship that is lost by the city, a way to rehabilitate a building while reflecting the idiosyncrasy of the community that generates and inhabits it.

Architects: Natura Futura Arquitectura
Area: 220 m²
Year: 2020
Collaborators:Teddy Andaluz, Jhonatan Andrade
City:Babahoyo
Country:Ecuador