BLOCO Arquitetos

White Bricks House

White Bricks House
© Joana França

White Bricks House 

BLOCO Arquitetos

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Fábio Camargo

PROJECT TEAM
Giovanni Cristofaro

AUTHORS
Daniel Mangabeira, Henrique Coutinho, Matheus Seco

COORDINATION
Victor Machado

STRUCTURAL PROJECT
André Torres

CONSTRUCTION WORK
Memória Engenharia

LIGHTING DESIGN
Dessine

PHOTOGRAPHS
Joana França

AREA
600 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Brasília, Brazil

CATEGORY
Houses

White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França

The White Bricks House was built in an extremely artisanal way by masons-craftsmen, in a slow and precise process.

White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França

Although it is a constructive process that is not very widespread in Brasília nowadays, the use of exposed solid bricks has a constructive complexity that requires precision and constructive refinement, elements that are very present in the most representative public buildings of Brasilia.

Built on a residential complex in the Lago Sul region of Brasília, the White Bricks House´s program was distributed around the perimeter of the plot so that all the main rooms of the house could face the central area, with a large green area and a semi-Olympic lap pool.

White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França

Therefore, the bedrooms, living rooms, verandas, kitchen, and even the garage were directed towards the large garden environment that functions as a central patio.

The facades are covered by an outer layer of solid bricks painted white. Its different degrees of openness are formed by the variable spacing between the bricks.

White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França

The level of visibility through the bricks reflects the different levels of privacy that are desired for each room.

The “hollow” spaces between the bricks also allow for natural cross-ventilation. Therefore, the bricks form a “second facade” that has the function of controlling direct sunlight, natural ventilation, and the desired privacy. The bricks have elongated sizes that we designed specifically for the house.

White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França

The spaced bricks reinterpret one of the most relevant architectural elements in Brasilia, the “cobogó” (breezeblock), which is so important for ventilation and natural lighting in Brazilian architecture.

White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França


White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França


White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França
White Bricks House
© Joana França


White Bricks House
Sections
White Bricks House
Elevations


White Bricks House
Plan - Ground floor
White Bricks House
Plan - Roof


White Bricks House
Isometric
White Bricks House
Isometric

BLOCO Arquitetos
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