Mexican architect Rozana Montiel waived her fee to design this small house in Ocuilan, Mexico, for a family that was impacted by the earthquake that hit the country in 2017. 

The destruction following the severe earthquake in September 2017 – the strongest quake to hit the country since 1985 – prompted several NGOs to undertake reconstruction efforts.
This project in the small town of Ocuilan was part of an initiative by several of them, in collaboration with Rozana Montiel's architecture studio. Designed for a single mother with two children, Ocuilan House needed to be built quickly and effectively.

"The plight of destruction made us work really fast," the studio said in a project description. "Catastrophes are so demanding that their time frames offer an opportunity to work intuitively and efficiently." According to the architects, it is a model that could be adapted to other circumstances. "The idea is that we can replicate this prototype in order to create a new consciousness that beauty is a basic right," it added.

The pitched-roof structure occupies roughly 50 square metres, and includes a communal room, a bedroom at the back, and bathroom on the ground floor, with a lofted sleeping area for the children.
A circular kitchen is located in an outbuilding a few paces from the main structure.

Both building's outside walls are made of Ecoblock, a construction material similar to concrete breezeblocks, ...