Elevated House

Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti

ELEVATED HOUSE

Felipe Caboclo Arquitetura

INSTALLATIONS
Wga Engenharia

ILLUSTRATIONS
Herbert Anthony

MANUFACTURERS
Inovar, Santa Clara

INTERIOR DESIGN
Maurício Karam

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Alex Hanazaki

STRUCTURAL PROJECT
Npe Engenharia E Projetos

COLLABORATORS
Amana Roveri

PHOTOGRAPHS
Leonardo Finotti

AREA
1800 m²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Fazenda Boa Vista, Brazil

CATEGORY
House

Text description provided by architect.

The elevated house, located at Fazenda Boa Vista, arose from the client's desire to have a house with the highest possible ceiling height.

Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti
Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti

Thus, the regular ceiling height of the house is 4 meters high, and so that the social area of ​​the house is twice as high, a mezzanine was designed to gain this height for the environment, moving it to a swing over the pool, the elevated living room overlooking the forest that surrounds the land.

The use of the metallic structure was essential for the project's success, due to two main factors: the requirement for a quick execution; and to ensure that the large spans of the house were reached without losing the ceiling space with the beams.

Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti
Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti

The structure forms a lattice box in the shape of a cross, and it is enveloped by self-supporting masonry so that the structure and the packing are completely independent.

Analogously to the human body, the metallic structure acting as the bones, the masonry as the muscles, and then finishing with steel frame playing the role of the "skin"; of the project.

Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti
Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti

The project has clean, orthogonal lines, and an ethereal and minimalist aesthetic, with openings that allow users to always have the view of the forest framed in some way.


Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti
Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti
Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti
Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti
Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti
Elevated House
© Leonardo Finotti


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Gorund floor plan
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Upper floor plan


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Structure
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Elevation


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Façade - Section
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Isometric


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Conceptual model

Elevated House
Structural model


Elevated House
Cortesia de Herbert Anthony