Imagining the future of architecture in a tropical context. A Case Study House Conceptual Exploration based on the coast side of El Salvador, the smallest country in central America, with a beautiful natural landscape with all of its volcanoes and amazing beaches.
Project name
Case Study House Concept 01 - Futuristic Linear Tropical Villa in Costa del Sol, El Salvador
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
Costa del Sol, El Salvador
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Visualization
Rodrigo Molina
Typology
Residential › House
The point of arrival becomes a vast open place, almost like your own public plaza, that opens straight to the sky and the first impression makes you feel as if the landscape is resting over the house, a strong linear element greets you, inviting you to go down the landscape and meet the uninterrupted view.
Project name
Casa Bajo El Paisaje
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
El Salvador, Central America
Tools used
Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Design team
Molina Architecture Studio
Visualization
Rodrigo Molina
Typology
Residential › House
There is no other use for this pavilion, only reconnection with nature. Nature is the only element that will allow a complete and peaceful reconnection with the source.
Project name
El Pabellón De Piedra (The Stone Pavilion)
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
Nuevo Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Tools used
Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Ipad, Apple Pencil
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Design team
Molina Architecture Studio
Visualization
Hyperlight Visuals By Molina Architecture Studio
Typology
Residential › House
A house under the trees welcomes you with certain heaviness that makes you feel as if you are entering an enclosed space. Even though it is a closed panorama from the outside, the inside of the piece seeks the light. An internal patio serves as the main articulator for the house. It´s orientation allows an open space that lets air flow through it w...
Project name
House Under The Trees (Casa bajo los Árboles)
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
Nuevo Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Tools used
Autodesk Autocad, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3dsmax, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Ipad, Apple Pencil
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Design team
Molina Architecture Studio
Visualization
Hyperlight Visuals By Molina Architecture Studio
Typology
Residential › House
‘’A house in the forest’’ read the subject of the email. It was an invitation to design a house in a beautiful valley deep in a small town in Spain. The premise? A vast forest that dances with the wind, connecting two platforms by a stone slope.
Project name
House in the forest
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Visualization
Hyperlight Visuals
Typology
Residential › House
Promenade House is a project that responds to its landscape´s specific features and generates a wonderful and unique space that reimagines the traditional house format. Through a deep analysis of the natural elements, light and the geomorphological features of its terrain, we imagine a house that reconnects human design to the natural environment,...
Project name
Promenade House
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
El Encanto Country Club, El Salvador
Tools used
Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Visualization
Hyperlight Visuals
Typology
Residential › House
Vila Volcá welcomes you with a sense of discovery: you are entering an almost primitive ruin with its massive stone walls in the middle of a forest. A ruin-like house that tries to dissolve boundaries in order to develop the full potential of the void.
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
Lago de Coatepeque in Santa Ana, El Salvador
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Design team
Molina Architecture Studio
Visualization
Hyperlight Visuals
Typology
Residential › House