Studio MK27

Mororó House

Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

MORORÓ HOUSE

Studio MK27 - Marcio Kogan, Maria Cristina Motta

ARCHITECTS
Diana Radomysler, Maria Cristina Motta, studio mk27 - marcio kogan

ACUSTIC CONSULTANT
Harmonia acústica

PHOTOGRAPHS
Fernando Guerra | fg+sg

STRUCTURE ENGINEER
Leão Engenharia

CONSTRUCTOR
Alle Engenharia

CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN
Antonio Ribeiro Dos Reis

LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Consuelo Grossi Pereira

THERMAL COMFORT CONSULTANT
Leonardo Monteiro

LOCATION
Campos Do Jordão, Brazil

CATEGORY
House

AREA
730.0 m²

YEAR
2015

Text description provided by architect.

The Mororó House is in a mountainous region, 180 km from the city of São Paulo, known for its low temperatures.

Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The architecture sought to create generous internal spaces for the cold days, such as, for example, a cozy living room and an enclosed bathhouse with a pool, where the views can be appreciated while being protected by a skin of glass.

Externally, the same continuous volume creates a duality between an opaque block – where the living room, bedrooms and service areas are – and the transparent stretch of the heated pool and sauna.

Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The volumetry of the house was given by a sixty-five meters extrusion of an icon-house, with pitched roof.

Furthermore, an external wooden deck connects the spaces and creates a solarium to be used during the summer months.

In the opaque part of the volume, which is 50m long, the openings were minimized and used as sliding doors to intensify the integration between inside and out.

Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

This relation between empty and full in the façade allows for an excellent thermal performance, with a high degree of electric energy conservation.

The transparent stretch is fourteen meters long and the internal ventilation was spatially designed to avoid condensation on the glass by the heated pool, which would harm the relation with the view.

The house was not situated on the top of a rugged site, as initially desired by the clients, but in its lowest part – in the midst of a beautiful forest of pine trees.

Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The initial premise of the project was to have a quick and cheap construction.

Therefore, the architecture found industrialized solutions such as metal structures and steelframe walls.

The site, despite high rainfall, remained always clean.

Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Unlike the Brazilian constructive culture, few elements were made entirely on site, but instead mounted or assembled there.

The time to build this house was less than the usual, even with the site’s difficult access.

The use of the internal materials, such as wood, made the house a cozy one, like the traditional chalets in the mountains.

Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Following the desires of the future residents, the kitchen could be integrated to the spaces via wooden sliding doors – that could be entirely opened.

Thus, it was not only possible to design ample and continuous spaces on the inside, but also to have central spaces for the quotidian life which organized the house plan.

Mororó House


Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG


Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG


Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG


Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Mororó House
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG


Mororó House
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Mororó House
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