House on the slope under the castle

The object is situated in a unique landscape. The resulting form is a consequence of natural and obvious growth. A mountain topped with a castle is covered by a layer of residential buildings grouped merely by placing individual fragments next to each other, creating the resulting fabric that adapts to the topography.
The project incorporates the surrounding environment, respects the local principles of adapting to the environment, and avoids materials that would merely imitate and lead to confusing historicism. From a construction standpoint, it meets the demands of “new people.” The house is conceived as an object nestled into the terrain, connecting the gap. The object is built from limestone, the same material where mass prevails over openings, with the edges of the land having holes integrating the object into the fragmented surroundings.
The interior space of the house is divided by the void of a communication core cut parallel to the arrangement of the mountain without touching it. The ground floor contains a garage and a cellar, above it is a mass with two floors and four rooms. Two of them, the rooms on the middle floor, face the street, while the other two rooms on the upper floor extend above the roofs of the opposing houses and overlook the Ayora valley. One room, a study with a height of over two floors, is closed off within itself. Through the crack and on the mountain are spots with views into gardens illuminated by rays reflecting off the southern castle slope.