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Taquari House

Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar

Taquari House 

Ney Lima

ARCHITECTS
Ney Lima

PHOTOGRAPHS
Edgard Cesar

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Brasilia, Brazil

CATEGORY
Houses

The will of a childless couple was building a home that preserved a typical tree savanna that existed on the ground even before the neighborhood Taquari remedies arise in the Capital of Brazil.

Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar
Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar

Having this first fruits as a starting point , the architect Ney Lima residents met with a two-story house in a U shape Thus the project could benefit the most from the ground and even then highlight the darling of the residents.

The ends were designed one bistro cuisine and a living involving the tree that stands out because of the white background and sides with rustic ceramic coating , which resembles the traditional adobe houses employed in the interior of Goiás.

Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar
Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar

The house entrance is marked by a box of exposed concrete where a door was installed corten steel which contrasts with the cement and harmonizes with the external coating.

The rooms of the house are integrated into nature through glass windows.

Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar
Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar
Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar

The transparent and circular elements are featured for the walls and bring a perspective of communication between the environments having as passing the tree and leisure area.

Concrete frames around the vertical windows bring volume and balance between the stiffness of the concrete and the warmth of red.

Have a green stone in the pool of Asian origin called Hijau integrates nature and brings freshness necessary that the hot dry climate of.

Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar
Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar


Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar
Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar
Taquari House
© Edgard Cesar


Taquari House
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Taquari House
Ground Floor Plan


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