Marqués de Cáceres house
concept visualizationHeritage intervention in a 1620 house in the historic centre of Honda: whitewashed rammed-earth walls, cane-and-timber roofs, terracotta floors, and a new courtyard with a pool and a lounge under the gallery.
Restoring a house from 1620 and adding a new courtyard.
A heritage intervention in a house in the historic centre of Honda. The whitewashed rammed-earth walls, the cane and timber roof and the plank floor are kept, using techniques compatible with the original materials. The intervention adds a new courtyard with a pool and a living area under the gallery, recovering the relationship between house, shade and water typical of the river’s architecture.
- status
- heritage · built
- style
- Courtyard · rammed earth and timber
- chapter
- IV · The courtyard house
- place
- Honda, Tolima
- year
- 2022
- authorship
- t1x1
Dining beneath the roof
The table occupies the centre of a tall room with exposed timber roof structure. The window and wall lights reveal the wall texture and ceramic floor.
Exposed material
Seating gathers beside an exposed stone wall. Grazing light reveals its irregular surface, while timber and cane overhead continue the interior’s material character.
The courtyard from above
From above, the pool occupies the courtyard between the green wall and the sitting area beneath the gallery in this Honda heritage intervention.
Water and gallery
The pool and sitting area share the courtyard beneath the cane-and-timber gallery, bringing water, shade and domestic life together.
Lanterns in the courtyard
The gallery and lit lanterns present the courtyard at night, complementing the daytime relationship between water and covered space.
Water and earth wall
The night pool approaches the whitewashed earth wall, focusing on the meeting of water and the existing material fabric.
The house and the street
The blue door and window stand against the white wall. Timber eaves and climbing plants bring the house to the scale of the street.