Article source: Spbr arquitetos

A proper balance as a goal

Two activities: live and work. Its two corresponding spaces, house and studio, have been shaped historically, as two quite clear architectonic typologies.

Our first goal to this project was to combine both in a single small building, firstly keeping their programmatic independence and secondly achieving a proper balance in the whole [not a house with a studio appended, neither a studio with an added house].

It means, we would like to integrate both programs in such a way that both could live together with no conflicts. The studio should not be disturbed when the house is empty. In the same way, the house should not be degraded by an uninhabited studio.

Image Courtesy © Nelson Kon

• Architects: Spbr arquitetos
• Project: House and studio
• Location: Orlandia, Brazil
• Photography: Nelson Kon
• Software used: AutoCAD
• Team: Angelo Bucci [principal in charge], João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Juliana Braga, Tatiana Ozzetti, Nilton Suenaga, Victor Próspero, Fernanda Cavallaro, Lucas Nobre
• Structure: Ibsen PuleoUvo
• Landscape: Raul Pereira
• Construction: Paulo Balugoli
• Site area 290,95 m²
• Built area 382,87 m²
• Construction 2009–2012
• Design2007–2008

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