Tuesday, December 9, 2014

5. Casa Jardins (Gardens House) , CR2 Architecture - by Camila Figueiredo

Front of the house.
  • Location: São Paulo - São Paulo, Brasil
  • Authors: Cecilia Reichstul e Clara Reynaldo
  • Area: 359.0 m2 / 3.864 ft2
  • Year of the project: 2013

This residence is located on São Paulo, Brazil. It is a project for a middle-aged couple   and a daughter. The architectonic project was designed by CR2 Architecture.  The concept of the house is the large concrete box on the first floor. In this box were made tears, creating voids that illuminate without penetrate the privacy of the residents of this house. The voids are filled with contemplative gardens, which can be viewed from all environments, creating a visual connection between the ground and first floor. Another important point in this connection is the double height of the living room, which allows a clear understanding of the house.

The use of inverted beams was the structural solution found to make the slab of the first floor seen from the ground floor. The location of the house on the lot aims to enjoy the most of the sunshine, already quite limited by the surroundings. Downstairs is the social part of the house: on one side the closed toilet block. The other block is the kitchen and service area. Among them, open living and dining room. The entire floor has granilite floor, leaving the feeling of being inside or outside the house. A wall of yellow Cobogo makes separation from the garage to the garden. Upstairs has three bedrooms and a TV room.
This is a project with strong modernist references, the concrete, free plan and cast elements. 

View of the garden and the Yellow Cobogo.
Garden inside the box.


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