In Londrina, the 170 m² residence is a place for a mix of eras and references and tells the story of a couple from Paraná. The space harmonizes the collection of pieces that the resident, the farmer and designer Valdomiro Favoreto, collects since he was 20.
In order to expand the internal area, the living room and kitchen open to the outside area, integrating the space. The yard has won an ipe deck on the floor and spaghetti armchairs of the 1960s. The minimalist air is result of the texas grass and the mirror hanging on the wall, the dweller’s design.
Casa Luis is a residential house for a young family of six. Their desire for the best view and light, for privateness and generous open spaces was as decisive for the design as it was the morphological composition of the terrain, exposure to sunlight and building guidelines.
Article source: Satoshi Kurosaki / APOLLO Architects & Associates
A two-family house situated in a residential Tokyo neighborhood. While the living areas are completely separate, the construction features a rhythmically and holistically integrated façade that suits the characteristics of each household.
By providing the parental household (consisting of two parents and a daughter) with a first-floor living-dining kitchen and placing cedar-textured bare concrete walls on the road side, this residence functions as a courtyard house that connects to the forecourt on the entrance side while ensuring privacy. Also, the private floors on the second and third stories incorporate separate private rooms that give each adult resident the freedom to live independently.
The Sharp House is designed as a minimalist desert retreat for a retired couple for NYC. Located just north of Santa Fe New Mexico on five acres of land. The house was designed with the intention to be as economical as possible. The construction of the house is exposed cast in place, reinforced concrete with large glass exposures to the north and south to allow for solar gain and cross ventilation. The interior spaces accommodate 2 bedrooms, dining, kitchen, living areas and bath with a square footage of 1500. The design intention was to maintain honesty with the materials and that all geometries of the architecture reflect the program of the house. The neo-brutalist approach to space is reflected as a by-product in the buildings appearance. The house is a declaration against the gloss of mainstream architectural practice which tend to focus on the exterior “decorative” façades and arbitrary forms. The Sharp house stands in contradiction to this. In addition, the house reflects a sound approach to its ecological impact and carbon footprint. The large expanses of thermal mass allow the building to regulate interior temperature while naturally ventilating itself. It’s a back to basics approach with less becoming more.
New single-family home at the base of Camelback Mountain in the Phoenix area. The Owners were seeking out a modern, open concept with simple materials to create a home for their family as well as to complement their love of Danish contemporary furniture and artwork.
An effortless butterfly roof floats over the home and defines the distinctive design. The simple act of tilting the roof up opens the home out to the surrounding views. Long overhangs help counteract the openness which the butterfly roof affords while also providing shaded living spaces from the intense Arizona sun.
The project involves the architectural recovery of a rural house in the Mantua countryside with expansion.
The historical part houses the living area composed of a kitchen and the living room on the ground floor (in the former barn) while on the first floor there is the sleeping area with bathrooms.
The extension instead includes all the accessory functions such as garage, laundry room, boiler room on the ground floor while on the upper floor it becomes a large terrace overlooking the countryside.
Nestled on a lot seven meters below the street frontage, this home required careful consideration on how it looked from slightly above, due to the higher ground level when approaching the building. Not only that, the final sewage drainpipe was located 1.5 meters above the ground, requiring the floor of the bath and toilet to stand higher than the rest of the rooms. On another note, the client asked for this dwelling to convey a feeling of departure from the ordinary, such as that of a resort hotel. We proceeded with the design task keeping these conditions and requests in mind while respecting the Okinawan climate and culture.
The house is situated a few miles outside the predominantly red-brick town of Dundalk in the sea-side village of Blackrock. The clients, a retired couple, sought a modestly-sized, low-energy, warm and welcoming home that enjoyed sunlight all day long.
The selected site was the last in a row of plots which were being sold-off in a piecemeal fashion on former agricultural land. As such, at the time of design there was no immediate built context, only the surrounding meadow, zoned to remain undeveloped, and an incomplete access road. Topographically the site sloped down to the south from back to front, overlooked the meadow to the west, and would adjoin future neighbours to the east.
This two-generation residence is located in the working-class shitamachi section of Tokyo’s Shinagawa district. The property is surrounded by old wooden homes whose lots are being subdivided as the younger generation takes them over, increasing the density of an already densely developed neighborhood. New structures must meet or exceed the codes for semi-fireproof construction, which regulate the use of wood. The client, however, wanted a home with a “natural” feeling and plenty of wood.
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