La Quinta House

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Architects: Juan Tohme

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Collaborator: Sol Alegre

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Client: Juan Carlos Carrera

La Quinta House is a residential project defined by a clear modular logic and a strong relationship with landscape. Rather than conceiving the house as a singular volume, the project is structured as a system of repeated modules that organize space, structure, and inhabitation with precision and flexibility.

The architectural layout is based on a rational grid that allows spaces to expand, contract, and align seamlessly with outdoor areas. This modulation is not merely formal or constructive; it becomes a spatial strategy that enables continuity between interior and exterior, blurring conventional boundaries between the house and the garden.

Landscape plays a fundamental role in the project. Courtyards, planted voids, and controlled openings are interwoven with the built modules, ensuring that every primary space maintains a direct visual and spatial connection to vegetation. Natural light, cross-ventilation, and framed views are carefully calibrated through this dialogue between architecture and nature.

Material choices reinforce this balance. A restrained palette—combining warm wood surfaces, neutral structural elements, and stone or mineral finishes—creates a calm and timeless atmosphere, allowing the greenery to act as an active component of the interior experience rather than a distant backdrop.

La Quinta House proposes a way of living where order and openness coexist: a domestic architecture rooted in modular clarity, spatial continuity, and an intimate relationship with landscape.

Project Type

Commertial

 

Date

2020

 

Location

Cumbayá, Ecuador

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Imagenes

Juan Tohme