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Maya House

Maya House

Obra Arquitetos

Maya House
© Nelson Kon

ARCHITECTS
Obra Arquitetos

HYDROSANITARY
JPD Projetos de Instalações Elétrica e Hidráulicas

ELECTRICAL PROJECT
Engenheiro Walter Rabelo

LIGHTING TECHNICIAN
Satori Iluminação

LEAD ARCHITECT
João Paulo Daolio

COLLABORATORS
Kawani Yuri Nishimura, Rafael Giacomo Gambale

CONSTRUCTION
Obra Arquitetos

ENGINEERING
Solofund Engenharia

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nelson Kon, Vitor Berge Sato

SITE AREA
5457.3 ft2

AREA
3078 ft²

DATE OF DESIGN
2020

YEAR
2024

LOCATION
São José dos Campos, Brazil

CATEGORY
Houses

Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon

Text description provided by architect.

The natural profile of the land has a slope with a 1.5-meter drop relative to the street.

The house design sought to organize the relationship between the collective social spaces and the street in a more open way, while creating a sense of intimacy for the bedroom areas.

Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon

Taking advantage of the land’s slope, the strategy was to raise the floors of the social areas by half a level, allowing for a direct yet protected connection with the street.

This approach also enabled the more private program to be placed on the lower floor, level with the rear of the house, with access to the garden.

Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon

The garage was positioned at street level, creating an intermediate floor with strategic half-level connections between the bedrooms and the living room/kitchen.

This distribution of levels and spaces aims to integrate the program in a way that is both open and fluid, while also creating spaces with specific, comfortable characteristics.

Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon

The staircase design, with its multiple landings, connects the spaces and enables circulation through the house’s spatial arrangement.

Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon


Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon


Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon
Maya House
© Nelson Kon


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Section B
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Section C
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Cortes D e E


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Plan - Ground floor
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Plan - Roof
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Planta - Pavimento inferior

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