Pier House

Pier House
© Pedro Vannucchi

PIER HOUSE

Mariana Simas, a GR a u

PHOTOGRAPHS
Pedro Vannucchi

MANUFACTURERS
Perfilor, Deca, Arcelor Mittal, Tigre

MODELLING
Fabio Pileckas Gionco

CONSTRUCTOR
Luciênio Costa

TRAINEE
Isabel Sperry

PROJECT TEAM
Gabriel R. Grinspum, Mariana Simas, Isabel Sperry

LOCATION
Parati, Brazil

CATEGORY
Houses

AREA
60.0 m2

YEAR
2008

Pier House
© Pedro Vannucchi
Pier House
© Pedro Vannucchi

Text description provided by architect.

The “pier house” was built to house a sailboat during the week and its owners during the weekends. The alternate usage was suggested by the clients, a young couple from São Paulo.

Pier House
© Pedro Vannucchi
Pier House
© Pedro Vannucchi

The proposal was to divide the house in two volumes. The first one is a solid box covered with whitewash, and its “muxarabi” windows filter the light and allow permanent ventilation. It is the result of the region’s typical construction method, a legacy from colonial times.

The second one was constructed with metal tile and pre-fabricated wood structure. This building has profited from the construction’s industrialization in order to dispense the building site and thus avoid the environmental impact.

Pier House
© Pedro Vannucchi
Pier House
© Pedro Vannucchi

The house situation in the site has been defined by two premises: the need for proximity to water in order to the boat to enter and preserve the dense vegetation of rainforest.

The site is in the Saco do Mamanguá, RJ, a tropical fjord accessible only by boat without power, the very archetype of lost paradise. In this context, the house is pier together the idea of the "noble savage" with modern "eulogy of the machine".

Like a sailboat, poetic symbol of harmony between nature and human condition and, currently, subject of an ultra-sophisticated and green design, the pier house is the house of the “natural man” that makes use of sustainable benefits of technological advance.

Pier House
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