为当代生活重新诠释安第斯乡土建筑，安第斯山脉的房子通过景观和建筑形式的无缝整合来庆祝旅程和发现。住宅的三层从设计的土丘景观中以坚固的地球巨石的形式上升。通过土丘雕刻出入口区域露出夯土墙，模仿祖先的“Chaquiñán”——古代安第斯人用来穿越广阔崎岖的安第斯地理的小径系统。

这些棱角分明的折痕穿过地形，创造出一个中空且灵活的半地下空间，唤起人们在出土的废墟中行走时经常出现的惊讶和敬畏感。

立面——由土坯砖组成，当光线在一天中的不同时间照射时，会产生纹理、阴影和阴影的变化。

在白天，阴影随着太阳的运动而变化；下午，阳光透过穿孔的外墙；到了晚上，室内照明将外立面照亮成短暂而轻盈的状态，就像一盏漂浮的灯。为这个项目设计了一个单一的砖块模块——一种在外墙上产生最大变化和活力的形式。土坯砖的使用源于广泛的研究，是对厄瓜多尔丰富多样的地质岩层的致敬。

进行了探索性研究以研究实现所需美学所需的成分和谷物的最佳组合。这些砖块是使用现场挖掘的相同泥土在当地制作的。通过这样做，房子成为它升起的地球的象征性和空间延伸。景观和房屋通过一个半地下空间连接起来，该空间采用宏伟的门厅形式，通向一个雕塑般的楼梯。

这座房子的主要特色之一是楼梯是悬臂式的。这平衡了连接顶部和底部踏板的连续钢表面，以创建结构上自给自足的元素，这些元素不仅具有功能性，而且具有装饰性。安第斯山脉的房子通过创造性的问题解决来迎接设计挑战。

例如，电梯平台不仅是一个循环系统，也是一个灵活的居住空间——垂直穿过房子的三个层次，突出了它的截面特征。这个概念是为了满足客户的空间要求，将允许区域不允许的各种程序结合起来。

电梯平台是一个有趣的解决方案，可根据客户的流动需求创造变革性的空间。这个电梯平台像地层一样暴露了房屋的不同层，采用“客厅”的形式，允许对相邻的程序进行优化和修改，以满足各种用户的特定要求。

这种程序化和空间灵活性延伸到室内和室外之间的流动关系。战略性的开口和精心策划的窗户和立面与视觉透明度相得益彰，模糊了建筑与自然之间的界限。这座房子拥抱它的场地和环境，以发展安第斯建筑的方言。

英文版

Reinterpreting Andean vernacular architecture for contemporary living, A House in the Andes celebrates journey and discovery through a seamless integration of landscape and built form. The three levels of the residence rise in the form of a solid earth monolith from a designed landscape of mounds. Carving access areas through the mounds exposes rammed earth walls, mimicking the ancestral ‘Chaquiñán’ – a system of trails used by the ancient Andeans to travel through the extensive rugged Andean geography.

These angular creases cut through the terrain to create a hollowed and flexible semi-underground space that evokes a sense of astonishment and awe often present when walking within unearthed ruins.

The façade– a composition of adobe bricks, generates a play of textures, shades and shadows when light hits at different times of day.

In daylight, the shadows change with the movement of the sun; in the afternoon, the sun penetrates the perforated façade; at night, the interior lighting illuminates the façade into ephemerality and lightness, akin to a floating lamp. A single brick module was designed for this project– a form that generates the most variation and dynamism in the façade.Born out of extensive research, the use of adobe bricks is a homage to the rich diversity of geological rock formations in Ecuador.

Exploratory studies were conducted to investigate the optimal mix of composition and grain required to achieve the desired aesthetic. The bricks were made locally using the same earth excavated on-site. By doing so, the house becomes both a symbolic and spatial extension of the earth on which it rises. The landscape and house are connected through a semi-underground space that takes the form of a grand foyer and leads to a sculptural staircase.

One of the main features of the house, the stairs are cantilevered. This balances a continuous steel surface that joins the top and bottom treads to create structurally self-sustaining elements that are not only functional but also ornamental. A House in the Andes embraced the design challenges through creative problem solving.

The elevator platform, for instance, functions not only as a circulation system, but also a flexible living space– moving vertically through the three levels of the house, highlighting its sectional characteristic. The concept is a direct response to fulfill the clients’ spatial requirements of incorporating a variety of programs which the allowable area did not permit.

The elevator platform is a playful solution, creating transformative spaces based on the client’s fluid needs. Exposing the different layers of the house like earth strata, this elevator platform takes the form of a ‘living room’ allowing the adjacent programs to be optimized and modified for a variety of user-specific requirements.

This programmatic and spatial flexibility extends to the fluid relationship between indoors and outdoors. Strategic openings and a careful curation of window and façade play with visual transparencies, blurring the boundaries between built and natural. The house embraces its site and context to evolve the vernacular for Andean architecture..