Article source: VAGA 

Dwelling in Sertãozinho-SP, Brazil built through the “Minha Casa Minha Vida” program, offering attractive financing conditions for low-income families.

Memorial

The rough, sturdy exterior of the stone contains and protects the preciousness in its interior. By closing itself to the street, the building conserves in its center what in it exists of most valuable, the void. The patio here plays the role of an articulation element and stage for everyday life. The existence of the central space as an event and nucleus of spatial organization is an incentive to the encounter of people and collective coexistence.

Image Courtesy © Leonardo Finotti

• Architects: VAGA
• Project: Vila Amélia
• Location: Sertãozinho – SP, Brasil
• Photography: Leonardo Finotti
  
• Authors: Fernando O’Leary, Pedro Domingues, Pedro Faria
• Client: 2R Empreendimentos Imobiliários
• Construction Cost: 1,300 BRL /m² (about 400 USD/ m²)
• Plot Area: 528m²
  
• Built Area: 580m²
• Construction Year: 2017

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