Article source: ARQLAB

The proposal to renovate the small and old house at Rua de Ceuta was replaced by the desire to reorganize family life on a less fragmented way, without individualized rooms and conventional arrangement of main body plus a small home.

The ancient construction warm atmosphere was largely maintained by the open courtyard inside the central area. Towards it, the totality of the domestic environments now is turned, benefited by luminosity that takes volume and crosses the geometrical skin glass facade. This courtyard, even internal, let the house enjoy the outside life, in a spiral walkway that starts from the social entrance, runs through the void inside and outside and ends on the roof, also a family living area.

Image Courtesy © Nelson Kon

• Architects: ARQLAB
• Project: House on Rua Ceuta
• Location: Rua de Ceuta, 73 – Jardim Luzitânia, São Paulo – SP, Brazil
• Photography: Nelson Kon
• Software used: AutoCad
• Architect In Charge: Sérgio Luiz Salles Souza
• Project Team: Priscila da Silva Segala Barbosa, Ivan Portero da Silva / André Ciampi, Raphael Chiste B.A. de Souza.
• Engineering: Taguá Engenharia e Construção
• Landscaping: Passe Ar Verde
• Interior Design: Cobi Designeria
• Structure Project: Edatec Engenharia

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