S'o Paulo, Brazil

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Program: A 3,200-square-foot residence and office.

Design concept and solution: House in Carapicuiba is set in a small valley far below street level. To design a house that provided for both living and work in this unique site, the architects created a multi-level structure that separates private and professional space. The entrance to the concrete and glass building, reached via a steel-grid bridge, provides two options upon entry: a descending staircase to the living space, or an ascending staircase to a tube-like structure that serves as the office.


People

Architect:

SPBR Architects
Av.Faria Lima, 1234 – 121
01451-913 – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
+ 55 11 3815.1171
www.spbr.arq.br

Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit:
Angelo Bucci and Alvaro Puntoni

Project team:
Ciro Miguel, Fernando Bizarri, Juliana Braga, Maria Isabel Imbronito e João Paulo M. Faria

 

Engineer(s):

Structural Engineers:
Ibsen Pulleo Uvo and Ruy Bentes

Landscaping:
Klara Kaiser

Lighting:
Ricardo Heder – REKA Iluminação
www.reka.com.br

General contractor:
Alexsandro Bremenkamp

 

Photographer: 

Nelson Kon
www.nelsonkon.com.br

 

CAD system:

AutoCad 

 

Client:

Edward Magro

 

Date completed:

July 2008

 

Gross square footage:

3,200 sq. ft.

 

Site size:

3 acres

 

Total construction cost:

$200,000

 

 

Products

Structural system:
Reinforced concrete

 

Major Materials:
concrete, glass, and steel