House of Facades

House of Facades

Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos

House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios

ARCHITECTS
Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos

AIR CONDITIONING
Focus Climatização

INTERIOR DESIGN
Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Marcos Bertoldi, Felipe Chimanski

ELECTRICAL DESIGN
Magnus Engenharia E Arquitetura

LIGHTING DESIGN
Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos

CONSTRUCTION
Orpla Engenharia

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
L2 Projeto Estrutural

MANUFACTURERS
4 Elementos, Ciliart, Cinex Arch, Conceito Luz, Deca, Móveis Maçaneiro, Npk Mármores, Spas Versati, Studio Passalacqua, Kitchens

LANDSCAPE
Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos

PHOTOGRAPHS
Eduardo Macarios

AREA
612 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Itajaí, Brazil

CATEGORY
Houses

House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios

Text description provided by architect.

In a seaside condominium, the rectangular and flat lot of 520 sq m is surrounded by conventional two-story houses with attic. Countless windows and openings brought a big privacy issue for this 490 sq m residence.

Therefore, the planned program was placed between two windowless and aerial walls, with travertine cladding, supported by columns, and positioned within the legal boundaries of the property.

House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios

These aerial walls configure the side facades of the building, ensuring the privacy of the internal spaces from the nearest neighbors.

The exception is the double-height ceiling that serves the daily dining room. On the opposite side, an open-air courtyard, also with double-height ceiling, protects the more glassed facades and illuminates the main areas of the house.

House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios

The front and rear facades are enveloped by movable wooden mashrabiya to increase privacy and comfort in high temperatures.

On the ground floor are the social areas, alternating between single and double-height ceilings, along with the house's services and garages.

House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios

On the upper floor, there's the intimate balcony area between voids, as well as a studio and 3 suites. In the attic, there is the couple's room and a second glass swimming pool on the garden terraces.

The aesthetics, conditioned by the stone cladding walls with few openings and with the main openings protected by the mashrabiya screens along the east-west axis, are veiled and abstract.

House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios

The materiality is based on just two materials: travertine and wood, which also envelops the attic. The furniture ranges from modernism to contemporary.

Landscaping is present in the project's main areas, with succulent flower beds interspersed with steps in the main access plateaus.

Pandanus plants have been installed to visually protect the double-height window in the dining room, while bamboo hedges and Podocarpus trees outline the terrain.

House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios

On the roof, flower boxes in black sheet metal and varying heights feature Plumeria rubra plants as their main element.


House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios
House of Facades
© Eduardo Macarios


House of Facades
Plan - Ground floor
House of Facades
Plan - Upper floor
House of Facades
Plan - Attic
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