This home on the side of a hill in Ecuador was designed by El Sindicato Arquitectura to provide maximum privacy to its owners and their two daughters.
Located in the Cumbayá district of Quito, the Slope House project was completed for a family that wanted private living spaces, plenty of outdoor areas, and a home that would make the most of their views of the nearby Ilalo volcano.
Slope House steps down a hillside
The project encompasses 200 square metres, and was completed last year.
"As a conceptual strategy for the project, the required spaces were defined to be highly segregated as an answer to solve the independence need between them," said Quito-based firm El Sindicato Arquitectura.
"It was determined that all the spaces will be connected only by a path that follows the steep slope of the site at ground level," they added. El Sindicato connected the volumes with a path
The single-storey house is broken into three blocks that step down the hillside, allowing for pockets of greenery to grow between them.
"Intermediate gardens let the users see without being seen, and have a physical or visual connection with the immediate exterior," said El Sindicato Arquitectura.
The living room leads to an exterior space
Guests and residents access the home from the top, where the architects included a living and dining room connected to an exterior space for hosting.
Here, there is an exterior staircase that leads to the roof, which forms a series of th...