Berkut Baroneza House

Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo

BERKUT BARONEZA HOUSE

Yuri Vital

ARCHITECTS
Yuri Vital

LEAD ARCHITECT
Yuri Vital

MANUFACTURERS
Stone, Topseal, Villagres

DESIGN TEAM
Antonio Moutinho, Roni Ebina, Sabrina Gofert, Vitor Moreira, Alejandra Ferrera, Bruno Santucci, Bruna Shayenne, Igor Muñoz, José Amorim Maria Damico, Nara Diniz

CLIENTS
Santek

AREA
693 m²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Brazil

CATEGORIES
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The design process for Berkut Baroneza House starts from a simple initial concept, the creation of a horizontal volume, almost laminar, that would rest softly on the unevenness of the terrain to create its various views - both the intimate and the furthest ones, overlooking the valley ahead.

Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá

From this first glance, the concept was established: an architecture, subtle and intrinsic to the local context of Bragança Paulista, in the interior of São Paulo.

With this in mind, we opted for a composition that would emphasize what is most fundamental in this house, its structure.

Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo

By choosing to use ribbed slabs, an evident absence of beams is created in the house, together with a scarcity of support points, which occur only through the structural walls, located on the sides of the house, and loose columns - which either meet the green of the land or the front water mirror, where they are reflected - thus emphasizing the slim elegance of the structure and the delicacy in which it touches the ground.

In the plan, the slabs are cut in a U-shape to create a bridge between the two side wings and establish a negative space for the inner patio.

Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá

Facing north, the intimate wing of the house has a linear and perpendicular gable that opens to the suites in the center.

The opposite wing, facing south, is segmented in mismatched parts, in an angular game of lighting and ventilation for the environments there.

Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo

Finally, the social area, facing west, connects the perimeter gables, thus creating a large space facing the beautiful natural landscape that surrounds and encompasses the entire house.

As for its materiality, the choice was made for the minimum, the exposed concrete, the large glass panels, and the slatted wood panels intermingle, creating an efficient composition that unveils itself as a whole.

Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo

Finally, the environments thus created are, besides the kitchen and pantry, mainly composed of a fluid sequence of living rooms, living rooms, suites, and their respective balconies, with a discrete hierarchy that allows the creation of different moments of encounter and privacy.

A permeable dwelling is thus constructed throughout its ample 750 m²: structurally diminutive at the same time that it seeks to be generous in its spaces.

Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá



Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá


Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá


Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Manuel Sá
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo
Berkut Baroneza House
© Daniel Santo


Berkut Baroneza House
Plan - Ground floor
Berkut Baroneza House
Plan - Ground floor


Berkut Baroneza House
Section - AA
Berkut Baroneza House
Section - BB
Berkut Baroneza House
Section - CC
Berkut Baroneza House
Elevation - Northeast
Berkut Baroneza House
Elevation - Southwest
Berkut Baroneza House
Elevation - Southeast


Berkut Baroneza House
Detail


Berkut Baroneza House
Sketch
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