Why not design a roof that is a home, and that gives people what is the most difficult for them to make and build? This is how Casa Techo was born, it synthesizes two architectural elements in one, optimizing the construction process and saving materials.
phanage in Thailand. The whole construction is made up of five units of Casas Techo: four as housing for eight children, and one for the bath- room, all distributed around a central space. Casa Techo – Greenhouse. A house was designed as a thermal cover, which protects the relationship between the productive and daily life of today's farmer. A Greenhouse is a covered patio for rainy seasons, a place to grow and care for food, a space for family and community meetings, and a thermal device that heats safe and efficient housing. Artisanal architecture. This housing is aimed at Colombian farmers in extreme poverty. Inside, the space is organized in two levels, reaching a height of six meters. It is delivered built with 70 square meters and with the possibility to increase it 15 square meters internally. Prefabricated Casa Techo – Rural social housing In cooperation with the Colombian Society of Architects, this rural prefabricated housing prototype was developed. The construction principle is based on supporting two structural inclined planes that create tension and form a triangle that makes up 70 percent of the housing. The Steel structure formed by trian- gular frames constitutes the total rigid volume of the Casa Techo. Prefabricated serial steel pieces are assembled on-site, after a simple and clean assembly phase. The interior walls are a lightweight structure independent from the roof and can be easily redistributed, allowing for a flexible and adaptable plan. /
Casa Techo Series: A roof is more than the structure of a house. This project research is based on the obser- vation of how people in the peri-urban and rural areas self-build their housing. It was observed that for them to raise walls is a task that they have skills for and that it is relatively easy for them, but to build roof or solve a roof span is a complicated job for them. At the same time, a roof is a primitive element from ancestral cultures; the maloca, the ruca, the hut, are spaces built mostly with a cover. From here, the question was posed: why not design a roof that is a home, and that gives people what is the most difficult for them to make and build? This is how Casa Techo was born, it synthesizes two architectural elements in one, optimizing the construction process and saving materials. To achieve this, they propose to build a covered living space using two inclined structural planes supported by each other that form a tension triangle. With this concept, a series of five architectural interventions have been developed. Casa Techo - Emergency shelter – Opensource. This shelter is aimed at a user in transit, who for reasons of violence and fundamental rights abuse must change locations. This housing must be transportable, lightweight, quick, and easy to assemble, comfortable in hot and cold weather, ventilated, safe, and with a low environ- mental impact to address the water shortage. Casa Techo – Orphanage – Opensource. For this project, the emergency shelter´s free plans were used and adapted to build an or-
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Arquitecto invitado / Guest Architect
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