COUNTRY HOUSE
Arquipélago Arquitetos
ARCHITECTS
Arquipélago Arquitetos
PROJECT TEAM
Bruno Mota, Rafael Ribeiro
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Flora Paraty
ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Luís Tavares, Marinho Velloso
ENGINEERING & CONSULTING > STRUCTURAL
André Fontes
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Zelo
PHOTOGRAPHS
Pedro Kok
AREA
190 m²
YEAR
2024
LOCATION
Paraty, Brazil
CATEGORY
Residential Architecture, Houses
English description provided by the architects.
Located 100 meters above sea level, in the Caboclo neighborhood of Paraty, the house is immersed in a natural incline of Atlantic forest that extends to form the Serra da Bocaina.
It is the last elevation where construction is allowed in the municipality for the protection of the city's landscape heritage by IPHAN, which preserves the configuration of the green-vegetated mountain surrounding the historic whitewashed city by the sea.
The construction challenges, whether related to the transportation of materials or the execution and implementation on-site, led to a lightweight architecture, made of industrialized wood, which facilitated the desire for a single-story house in this sloped context, supported by only a few points on the ground.
The construction was logically and sequentially designed in a geometric structure that contrasts with the natural surroundings:
four triangulated beams form spatial pyramids and organize the base for the continuation of the work with beams and columns.
These beams were assembled on-site, on the ground, and raised on concrete pillars.
Elevated above the ground, accessed by a walkway from the highest point, is the main part of the house, resembling a boat that floats above the forest, static, 100 meters above sea level.
