Architecture
PROFESSIONAL PROJECT
Located on the outskirts of Villa de Leyva at the top of the Alto de los Migueles, the project is set on the lowest part of the land. This limits the possibility of connecting visually with the town, but due to the construction of the lagoon, together with the natural border that the vegetation provides to the lot, a refuge is generated so that the project turns its view towards the mountain. With this gesture, an illusion of isolation and seclusion is generated that supports the notion of withdrawal, particular to a refuge. The project is connected in its materiality with the town, respecting the construction and historical elements of the place that must be preserved from Villa de Leyva as a national monument. In this way, it is anchored in the past. At the same time, the proposed volumes differ from the context enough to bring the design to the present.
Two opposing volumes that intersect make up this discordant morphology of its surroundings. One horizontal, permeable malleable, alive and therefore perishable in its materiality. The other, solid vertical, immutable and closed. This duality is lived in different temporalities. Linked to the use of space, the vertical volume has a transitory and short experience with an intimate character, while the horizontal volume that connects with the surrounding vegetation is the space to inhabit and connect. This volume opens in the day, allowing the vegetation to pass from side to side of the space and closes at night to maintain the heat and the sensation of withdrawal proper to rest. These circumstances make duality a recurring characteristic of the project and its core identity.