#landscape-integration

#landscape-integration

Ecuador-based studio Taller General completes a residential project, La Miradora, in the rural landscape of Machachi. The home is sited at 3,403 meters above sea level within the Páramo ecosystem, a tropical wetland of the Andes. Perched along the highest point of its elongated plot, the dwelling opens broadly outward to overlook a steep ravine, with the expansive and fragile landscape backdropped by meadows and volcanoes on the horizon.

Architecture usually frames the landscape around it, but what if it could actually become part of that landscape while letting you reshape both the space and your perspective? Michael Jantzen's Folding Landscape Pavilion concept explores exactly this idea, creating an interactive structure that blurs the line between building, artwork, and the natural world. The pavilion starts with a deceptively simple steel frame that holds ten photo-laminated panels, each one hinged and divided diagonally so they can fold and pivot in multiple directions.

Brutal Honesty is a project rooted in direct expression and raw authenticity. Earth-colored retaining walls rise from the terrain like abstract rock formations, defining three terraces.

Shakeer's residence exemplifies a harmonious synthesis of tropical modernist design with a deep sensitivity to its lush, verdant context.