Design: Paz Arquitectura – Alejandro Paz Year of design: 2013 Year of construction: 2014-2015 Structural design: Consultores Estructurales Construction: CONARQ Electrical design: PTS Hidraulic design: CONARQ Photography: Andres Asturias
Ayalaan house is owned by a recently married couple, whose children from previous marriages live in other countries, and visit Guatemala sporadically. Ayalaan is the name of the street where the couple lived during the first years together.
The house is built in the outskirts of Guatemala City within a development built for the people who enjoy rasing horses and horse riding. The design takes advantage of the surrounding valleys to establish the connection with the equestrian world.
Situated on a steep terrain, the design is divided in several sections according to its purpose. On the lower part of the land you have the owners offices and a small family area to take advantage of the direct contact with the land.
The intermediate level is occupied by open areas to integrate the living room, dining room and an open kitchen in order to link the culinary activities to the social events.
Above that we find the private sector with the main bedroom and a private living room, ant at the highest level there are two bedrooms for guests, so they are intentionally apart from the general dynamic of the house.
The sectors described are defined by spaces formed by panels that float by themselves. The use of several material (stucco, concrete and wood), that don’t touch generate a sense of lightness.
Structurally the house combines brick walls with concrete structures, to generate an elaborate constructive system and express different stages of functionality.
The main material used are wood, exposed concrete, glass and metallic structure.