House in Mantiqueira
HOUSE IN MANTIQUEIRA
Una Arquitetos
ARCHITECTS
Una Arquitetos
PRODUCING AND ASSEMBLING THE STEEL STRUCTURE
Alufer
MANUFACTURERS
Jmar, Marcenaria Da Fazenda, Reka Iluminação, Toldos Scorzato
TEAM
Bruno Gondo, Carolina Klocker, Eduardo Martorelli, Igor Cortinove, Jimmy Liendo Terán, Joaquin Gak, Marcos Bresser, Marie Lartigue, Marta Onofre, Pedro Ivo, Roberto Galvão, Rodrigo Carvalho Pereira
INSTALLATIONS
Pessoa e Zamaro
WATERPROOFING
Proassp
CONSTRUCTION
AUM Construções
LIGHTNING DESIGN
Ricardo Heder
LANDSCAPING
Luisa Mellis
STRUCTURE
Cia de Projetos
ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara, Fernando Viégas
LOCATION
São Bento Do Sapucaí, Brazil
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
The house is built on top of Mantiqueira, a 500 km mountain range that crosses the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
Its site is almost totally surrounded by woods, placed in an existing glade, gently sloping and facing a stream.
Project’s main intention is to establish multiple dialogues with the site and its many views across the uneven and astonishing landscape.
A concrete shear wall construction, conforming the ground floor level, aimed to acomodate itself to the land slope.
It defines a platform, detaching from the upper bound, rising, and folding itself in order to create a patio, wich connects two bedrooms, living and dining room, kitchen and storage area.
Perpendicular and suspended over the structure below, a second volume accomodates two bedrooms at each end and a studio with a terrace, each with diferents openings orientations.
The waggon metallic structure, supported by two concrete pilars, covers a 12 meters span above the patio, both rooms corresponding to the structure cantilever.
It was brought to the ground in small pieces, easily assembled and welded on the ground and finally suspended by crane (in exact 15 minutes), avoiding undesirable temporary structures and impacts on the site.
Between the platform and the suspended waggon, was designed a open terrace deck, with aquatic gardens and a swimming-pool.
This level is also the same as the nearest treetops. Here, as well as at severals others points of the house, spaces were created within their dialogue with the natural context.
