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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. FC House in Sao Paulo, Brazil by Studio Arthur CasasMay 21st, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: cobogo One hour away from São Paulo, this house in Itu is a refuge for a young couple and their daughters. A prime position on the banks of a small lake and the presence of a large Tabebuia tree guided this project that aims to fusion with the landscape.  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra
 Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra The L shaped plan marks the distribution of the spaces: in the main volume we placed the daughter’s bedrooms; a courtyard with a winter garden next to the home theater forms an intimate room; and the vast living room opens up to the terrace and to the lake, free of any boundaries blocking the connection with the outside. On the first floor we placed the master bedroom and the gym, using the external walls as parapets to reinforce the horizontality.  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra In a second volume is the dining room next to the living room, in a slightly higher level, along with the kitchen and service areas. Above this volume the guestroom has its own private access. A large pergola along the rear façade protects a stone courtyard that can be used as a parking space.  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra The house is characterized by its horizontal lines and fluid spaces. The entrance door is in the point where the two volumes converge. The low ceiling of the hall contrasts with the generous space of the living room, reinforcing the invitation to look outwards to the landscape. On one side, the stone flooring of the dining room extends to the terrace, gradually being replaced by the grass. On the other, the living room’s wooden floor becomes a deck next to the swimming pool. A tree trunk conceals the single structural column that supports the impressive span. Glass doors slide inside the walls and disappear, bringing the terrace, the trees and the lake within the house.  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra The wooden flooring and ceiling creates warmth and coziness in this space made for contemplating nature. A second terrace, next to the living room, is protected by a cantilevered pergola with a retractable sunshade. The swimming pool mimics the lake with its large rocks and landscape design by Luis Carlos Orsini. Next to the pool, a stone ground hearth was created in the garden.  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra The old Tabebuia tree was preserved and literally incorporated by the architecture, as the staircase that leads to the first floor hinges over it. The variety of paths intertwines inside and outside areas and highlights the porosity between spaces and their integration with the context.  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra The clients asked for a sustainable house and opted for a steel structure, certified Brazilian teak for all the wood employed and a water recycling system. In order to achieve a discrete insertion within the landscape, the paint used in the façades was developed with local earth, mimicking the tones of the relatively arid surroundings.  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra The interior design project aimed for conciliating comfort with exteriority. Furniture by Sérgio Rodrigues and Jorge Zalsupin share the space with objects designed by Studio Arthur Casas, like the center table set named “Arquipélago”. In the living room, an unexpected display window was created to showcase the client’s vintage motorcycle collection.  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra Even though this project is made of large volumes, it has a discrete presence, made possible by the earthly tones that blend with the arid context and the horizontal lines that highlight the surrounding tree canopies, starting with the magnificent Tabebuia tree hovering over the house.  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra  Image Courtesy © Fernando Guerra
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