With a built area of 67.5 square meters, this house stands as an example of sustainable architecture in the rural zone of Fredonnia, a municipality in the southwestern subregion of the Colombian department of Antioquia. In a region with a marked history of mining activities, coffee growing, and livestock farming, and which has seen severe deforestation, it presents itself as a refuge that promotes reforestation and ecosystem conservation.

Designed for provisional habitation – while planting and environmental-care tasks are carried out – the house addresses the needs of those working to restore the native forest. Its compact architecture is flexible, adaptable to different types of terrain where reforestation processes are underway, minimizing its impact on the place and its use of raw materials.

The modular and replicable design makes it buildable in other, similar areas, so it serves as a model of ecological intervention. The palafitic structure – raised on stilts – makes it possible for water, flora, and fauna to take their natural courses under the house. This minimizes its impact on the ground and makes it withstand unstable land and geological faults.

Wood was selected as the main material not only because it is light and transportable, but also because it easily blends with the landscape. Furthermore, in a commitment to sustainability, the trees used for the construction were replaced, in accordance with the site’s reforestation process, thus properly closing a responsible ecology cycle.