HOUSE IN BUTANTÃ
23 Sul Arquitetura
ARCHITECTS
23 Sul: 23 Sul Arquitetura
LANDSCAPE
23 Sul Arquitetura, Oficina2mais
MANUFACTURERS
Composite Estruturas Metálicas, Placoart, Vidraçaria Boa Nova
CONSTRUCTION
Empreiteira Rrrocha, Raildo Ribeiro Da Rocha
MANAGEMENT AND BUILDING COORDINATION
23 Sul Arquitetura
YEAR
2014
LOCATION
São Paulo, Brazil
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
The commision to design a house in a typical São Paulo neighbourhood context, out of gated communities, demanded that we test the limits of our design philosophy – permeability, openness to surrounding urban space
The result of the reading of these conditions a wide and light space that also shelters the need of enclosure that daily life demands.
Built for a young couple, the house is placed above street level, organized under a single roof that defines the wide space where the collective activities take place, crossed by the private use masonry block – on top of which is the mezanin, connected by a concrete staircase.
The construction is gently closed by a large metal and glass wall, that allows space to be extended to the limits of the plot and also bring natural light, air and the surrounding urbanscape to the inside.
The mezanin is explicits the “open-to-close” operation that guided the design process:
it is simultaneously integrated and detached, creating a spatial modulation that allows socialization or privacy without walls or partitions.
Regarding materials, the Butantã House results from a intervention in a existing construction, whose fragile structure had to be demolished, leaving only the concrete slab that covers the garage.
The new construction is built with masonry, concrete, steel and glass.
