CUBO house is an addition to an existing house in a quiet residential area in the valley of Cumbayá in Quito. The client required an extension to the original house to include one bedroom, its services, and a small social area. The idea was always that this would be a separate element of the original building and not an extension of the house.

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Architects: Diez+Muller Arquitectos

Location: Cumbres del Valle, Quito 170157, Ecuador

Project Architects: Gonzalo Diez P., Felipe Muller B.

Project Area: 95.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Sebastian Crespo

Construction: Ing. Cristian Herrera, OBRUM
Engineering: Ing. Cristian Herrera

Site Area: 2000 m2

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CUBO house is an addition to an existing house in a quiet residential area in the valley of Cumbayá in Quito. The client required an extension to the original house to include one bedroom, its services, and a small social area. The idea was always that this would be a separate element of the original building and not an extension of the house.

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Both the type as well as the simplicity of the program led us to think of the project as a simple and prismatic object that reflects its...