Articles by Benjamin Zapico

The house is located in a residential neighborhood in the city of Sauce Viejo. This coastal city of fifteen thousand inhabitants has a very clear mix between a large agricultural-industrial complex and individual housing plots. Sauce Viejo is part of the urban conglomerate called Gran Santa Fe, formed by a set of satellite cities that surround the capital, where people find the possibility of building their own homes, and their own dreams.

The house is located in a residential neighborhood in the city of Sauce Viejo. This coastal city of fifteen thousand inhabitants has a very clear mix between a large agricultural-industrial complex and individual housing plots. Sauce Viejo is part of the urban conglomerate called Gran Santa Fe, formed by a set of satellite cities that surround the capital, where people find the possibility of building their own homes, and their own dreams.

The house is located in the parish of Perucho, in the Metropolitan District of Quito. It seeks to be a refuge from urban life that allows its owner to connect with nature, as it is located in a rural environment surrounded by mountains and vegetation.

Casa Zibu, an evocative name that unfolds majestically in its architecture, invites us to explore a space where design becomes a visual and sensory symphony. In the heart of this dwelling, a central axis on the upper and lower floors becomes the guiding thread that invites us to explore every corner of the house. 

“Inversive Enclosure” is one of the four installations designed in 2023 for the First Arts Festival at Harvard University. With the support of the Office of the Arts, this installation is located in Harvard Yard, which is not only the oldest section but also the symbolic heart of the campus. Inspired by the mathematical concept of three-dimensional inverse geometry, the project seeks to capture the essence of its immediate environment through reflection and inversion on the surfaces.

The project is located in Valle de Uco, Tunuyán, a wine-growing area one hundred kilometers south of the city of Mendoza.

The El Torón Reserve is located on the coast of Oaxaca, it is a 30-hectare extension voluntarily dedicated to conservation. The care of this territory, its flora, and fauna, as well as the understanding of how to intervene in it, is what allows us to call it a reserve and lays the foundation for everything we project within it. This house, as its name suggests, is the second within the complex. Designed in collaboration with apda – Ana Paula de Alba for the interiors and furniture, the proposal seeks to establish a direct relationship and continuous contact between the user and the environment. The house is composed of four independent pavilions, their arrangement responds to the topography of the site and its existing vegetation. The first module houses the common areas and the other three house the bedrooms; two main ones in front of the bay and one inside the jungle. 

The gastronomic pavilion is located in the most important public park in the city of Bahía Blanca (Parque de Mayo). The intervention is carried out as part of a systematic plan to revitalize the public spaces of the city by the administration.

Jungle pods emerge from Costa Rica’s landscape and float over the mountains.