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House 10x10

House 10x10
© Lêda Brandão

HOUSE 10X10

Oficina de Arquitetura

PHOTOGRAPHS
Lêda Brandão, Ana Roman

MANUFACTURERS
Indusparquet, Saint-Gobain, Vaimetal

TRANSLATION
Anita Di Marco

AREA
160 m²

AUTHOR ARCHITECT
Leda Brandão

CATEGORY
Houses, Houses Interiors

LOCATION
São Paulo, Brazil

YEAR
2016

Text description provided by architect.

Some major goals have guided us in the design process: to ensure a comfortable house, the continuous presence of nature, and flexible spaces to allow changes in the short and long term.

House 10x10
© Ana Roman
House 10x10
© Ana Roman

Therefore, the patio (inner courtyard) house which appears in every culture seemed the best solution to meet all those conditions. The layout is a kind of quilt, mixing open and closed spaces.

A slightly asymmetric axis connects the spaces both horizontal and vertically. Thus we enter this integrated space through a patio that other than being a garden, reunites a vehicle shelter on one side, and the laundry on the other.

House 10x10
© Lêda Brandão
House 10x10
© Lêda Brandão

From this patio, we access the first covered block that houses the living-room, the dining-room, and the kitchen, all of them distributed in a single though clearly zoned space.

Both rooms are sided by a patio full of plants, bushes, and small-scale trees, despite their rather small dimensions. Between the patios, a short hallway gives access to a multi-use room that accommodates the architect’s office, an area for space for drawing/ watercolor classes, and for yoga practice.

House 10x10
© Lêda Brandão
House 10x10
© Lêda Brandão

The passage still makes room for the staircase that leads to the upper floor, where we find a library and the bedroom separated by a bathroom.

This simple space division allows its immediate flexible use. It also allows a future subdivision to conform a two-story block with three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and the library that might become a dressing room or an office. Related plumbing and drywalls were used to ensure and simplify the possible future changes.

House 10x10
© Ana Roman
House 10x10
© Ana Roman

Alternating open and closed spaces create a large visual expansion but at the same time, keeps a certain degree of privacy. This concept applies both to the spaces inside the house as well as to the relationship house-street. Despite being a glass house, people passing on the sidewalk do not see the inside.

All the openings of the house have been thought to create a balance between the outside and the inside, the thermal comfort, and the amount of light. As the primary concept was the presence of nature, we decided to use lots of glass. At the same time, in order to reinforce the contact between nature and comfort we believed it was essential plentiful natural light.

House 10x10
© Lêda Brandão
House 10x10
© Lêda Brandão
House 10x10
© Lêda Brandão

Thus, skylights were created over the kitchen, the toilet, the bathroom, and the library. They also guarantee the constant ventilation of the spaces. They are allies of plants and trees that with their shade, help to soften the entrance of heat that would otherwise be excessive, given the amount of glass on all the faces of the building.


House 10x10
© Ana Roman
House 10x10
© Ana Roman
House 10x10
© Ana Roman
House 10x10
© Ana Roman
House 10x10
© Ana Roman
House 10x10
© Lêda Brandão


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