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.
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The house is resolved in two moments, with different materialities.
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The first articulates walls and exposed reinforced-concrete slabs, which material continuity determines the interior spatiality, and adapts to the suburban city environment on its exteriors.
The changing needs of the client lead to a next moment, in which a new materiality is adopted, with modules clad in black corten steel and wooden window frames.
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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.
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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.
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