MKK House

MKK House
© Celso Brando

MKK HOUSE

Gaudenzi Arquitetura

COLLABORATOR
Mário Esteves

CONSTRUCTION
Cmn Engenharia

MANUFACTURERS
Carpintaria Edu, Ladrilhos Barbacena

STRUCTURE
Escritório Técnico Costa Santos

LIGHTING
Studio Iluz, Inês Benévolo

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Luiz Gaudenzi

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Anelice Lober

PHOTOGRAPHS
Celso Brando

AREA
503 M²

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Gávea, Brazil

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Residence for young couple with small daughter in urban plot, 10 meters wide by 33 meters depth.

MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando

Despite the extensive program, the solution aimed at preserving the largest external area of the terrain as possible.

Natural lighting is present in every compartment of the house.

MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando

The fluidity between internal and external spaces and between covered and uncovered spaces are the most characteristic aspects of this project, associated with the determining presence of vegetation in the privileged climate of this southern zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando


MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando


MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando
MKK House
© Celso Brando


MKK House
Ground Floor Plan
MKK House
First Floor Plan
MKK House
Longitudinal Section