Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto

Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography, StairsMuta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography, BeamMuta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography, WindowsMuta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Exterior PhotographyMuta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - More Images+ 14

Quito, Ecuador
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1238 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Photographs
    Photographs:JAG Studio
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Trimble Navigation
Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Exterior Photography
© JAG Studio

Text description provided by the architects. The Muta House is located in a peripheral area of ​​the city of Quito in the Nayón valley. The terrain has a slight unevenness and views of the eastern mountain range.

Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography, Beam
© JAG Studio
Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography, Windows
© JAG Studio

The house is resolved in two moments, with different materialities. The first articulates walls and reinforced concrete slabs, which material continuity envelops the interior spatiality, and adapts to the suburban city environment on its exteriors. The left exposed concrete, the polished floor, and the formwork walls and waffle ceiling, create different textures.

Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography
© JAG Studio
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Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography
© JAG Studio
Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Beam
© JAG Studio

The changing needs of the client lead to a next moment, in which new materiality is adopted, with smaller modules clad in black corten steel and wooden window frames.

Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography, Stairs
© JAG Studio

Initially, the house had 80m2 of interior areas, and 40m2 of terraces, which was later expanded: 15 m2 on the upper floor (towards the terraces), and 20m2 in an independent module.

Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Interior Photography, Facade, Windows
© JAG Studio

On the ground floor, the kitchen is integrated into the social area, which can accommodate an extra bedroom by moving a mobile partition. On the upper floor, there is the main bedroom that grows towards the two terraces, and a bathroom.  Two double heights are located in the diagonals of the house, the first integrated to the social area, and the second to the staircase.

Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Exterior Photography
© JAG Studio
Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto - Exterior Photography
© JAG Studio

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Cite: "Muta House / Emilio López Arquitecto" [Casa Muta / Emilio López Arquitecto] 19 May 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/961912/muta-house-emilio-lopez-arquitecto> ISSN 0719-8884

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