a home formed by its backyard
quito-based studio al borde architects completes its backyard home as a celebration of its pure context. sited in conocoto, ecuador, the design workforce seeks to obscure the boundary between nature and the constructed area. this idea takes form by its group and its rammed earth materiality. the packages are scattered throughout the location, utilizing the backyard for circulation, and calling for the occupant to journey outdoors to entry the washroom areas from the dwelling areas. in the meantime, the bathe is situated in a greenhouse and is nestled amongst its vegetation. because the workforce notes: ‘there are locations the place individuals have no idea whether or not they’re backyard or home, or a home constructed by the backyard.’
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the construction of timber and earth
the mixing of nature inside al borde’s backyard home is additional echoed by its construction. the ecuador-based design workforce employs columns which themselves are lechero timber, rooted into the bottom and related overhead to a light-weight enclosure with ties created from vegetable fibers. the remainder of the home takes form with rammed earth partitions, general recalling the enduring reminiscence of the ‘primitive hut.’
the washroom itself is realized as a glass enclosure, fully open to its environment. with the plot so remoted from its neighbors, the occupant can have fun the ‘ritual’ of utilizing the washroom among the many timber and wild vegetation. waste is organically filtered and composted on web site as the home is in any other case disconnected from the world’s sewage system.
