Rosa House

Rosa House
© Mário Fontanive

ROSA HOUSE

Kiefer Arquitetos

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Padoin & Sachs

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Lea Japur

LIFTS
Synergy – ThyssenKrupp Elevadores S.A.

MEP
Filippon Engenharia

AIR CONDITIONING
Projetos Avançados – Eng. Mário Alexandre

LIGHTING
Filamento – Arq. Marta Felizardo

BUDGET
Eng. Gilson Zambeli

TOPOGRAPHY
Prisma Topografia

MANUFACTURERS
Hitachi, thyssenkrupp, Brilia, Deca, Jatobá

FIRE CONTROL
Combat – Prevenção Total Contra Incêndio Ltda

PHOTOGRAPHS
Mário Fontanive, Fábio Del Re

AREA
456 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Canoas, Brazil

CATEGORY
Cultural Architecture, Museum, Refurbishment

Text description provided by architect.

Casa dos Rosa (Rosa House) is one of the last remnants of the village that once existed around the Canoas train station in the late 19th century.

Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re
Rosa House
© Mário Fontanive

Today, what used to be a pleasant bucolic summer retreat is the center of the second largest city of the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre.

The house wasn’t demolished thanks to the political agility of the mayor, who managed to transfer it to municipal control and made it a cultural property.

Rosa House
© Mário Fontanive
Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re

The restoration of this 1874 building has provided a new perspective for Canoas: museums, theaters, parks, and universities have made it an educational and cultural center capable of generating new material and immaterial heritage.

The traditional aspect of the house was kept, except for the landscape design, the entrance, and the glazed porch, which indicate its new public use.

As we enter the site, we can see contemporary architecture novelties in the rear area.

Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re
Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re

There’s a large canopy connecting the museum to the future theater, a new stairway, and an elevator to allow access to the second floor, making it clear: the house was expanded and has become a public cultural property.

To avoid more intervention in the original building, the café and reception areas are also located in this extension.

There we have a large canopy connecting the museum to the future theater, a new stairway, and an elevator to allow access to the second floor, making it clear:

Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re
Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re

the house was expanded and has become a public cultural property.

To avoid more intervention in the original building, the café and reception areas are also located in this extension.

Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re
Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re

Preserving the old while building the new is one of the most exciting elements of contemporary architecture.

It should be seen as a lesson of coexistence and harmony between different types of knowledge and actions, unifying them without damage, deception or mystification, appeasing the modernist conflict between the past and the future.

Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re


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Rosa House
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Rosa House
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Rosa House
© Mário Fontanive
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Rosa House
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Rosa House
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Rosa House
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Rosa House
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Rosa House
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Rosa House
© Fábio Del Re
Rosa House
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East Elevation
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West Elevation
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South Elevation
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North Elevation


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Section A
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Section C


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Section B


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Ground Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Terrace Plan


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Details 1
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Details 2


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Sketch 3D
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Site Plan