One of the significant values of the project lies in raising awareness among clients, neighbors, students, and architecture professors familiar with the project. They become cognizant of the imperative to establish more equitable agreements concerning land, water, and forest through collaborative efforts that integrate architecture, art, and science.
The Madriguera Studio, in its relationship with the house, challenges the prevailing trend of flattening mountains for housing construction. While the Pajarera House, by interpreting the concept of "palafito," minimizes alterations to soil stability, allowing vegetation and water runoff to follow their natural paths and growth, the Madriguera Studio, inspired by the concept of a "cave," seeks to minimize its impact on the territory. First, the semi-buried design and glazed body contribute to achieving greater climatic comfort than anticipated at a lower energy cost. Second, the project minimizes its visual impact on the landscape, allowing the mountain and forest to maintain their vital environmental functions while remaining the focal points of the landscape.
These two alternative and complementary approaches to inhabiting the mountain initiate a dialogue between architecture and the land, exploring the intersection of human and animal forms of construction. They also involve a reinterpretation of primitive archetypes, specifically the hut and the cave. This dialogue becomes especially vital and urgent in the current era of climate and environmental crisis.