Ocobos House is a project designed by David Macias Arquitectura & Urbanismo and is located in Anapoima Cundinamarca Colombia.

Ocobos, purple flower. This native species from Central and South America, used in tropical parks due to its beauty and annual flowering, was the pre-development that inspired the design. Present in the lot, bordering the visual limit to the river canyon, these trees were rescued and became focal points for architectural design.

The property of longitudinal form generated a rectangular layout to the design, projecting a housing of a single level that was exposed completely to the natural view.

It is at this point of reflection that a subtle architecture is expressed in formal and volumetric terms, which managed to capture the longitudinality of the infinite view and at the same time respond to the programmatic and functional requirements of the project, thinking of a minimalist tropical climate house trying to avoid enclosures. For this, the main façade of the house generates a disposition of open rooms to the canyon controlled by lattices and at the same time open to an interior courtyard, which for bioclimatic effects offer cross ventilation and indirect natural lighting. This disposition managed in passive terms to offer an inner comfort in social, private and service areas, thus allowing to minimize mechanical and electrical aids.
Likewise, both bedrooms, bathrooms, and multiple areas are open through courtya...