We wonder that building a house in SP is to blur the boundaries between open and closed spaces, inside and outside, covered and uncovered, taking advantage of our climate. The project unveils a typically ten-meter-wide lot of the friendly neighborhood Jardim Paulistano, a privileged place in the city with commerce, services, trees and infrastructure.
The design aims to involve the building with gardens, terraces, balconies extending to the interiors, forming a unique environment.
The main operation was to arrange the construction longitudinally along the linear plot, keeping free half of the five meters width. Thus, the vegetation is in the northern portion, ensuring a retreat for sunlight and permanent aeration to the house that touches the opposite border. The lot expands, as the longest length is continuous, reinforcing this perception of spaciousness with balconies, patios and the transparency of the living room. This idea could be a kind of rule for these townhouse neighborhood occupation.
The roof-garden provides a wide view, associating the house with the urban landscape and geography, in addition to the roof in concrete structure. Two columns and the boundary wall support this floor and hang, in a metallic structure, the intermediate floor of the bedrooms. A continuous skylight next to the boundary allows natural lighting from the internal circulation and associates the interior of the house with the sky.
In the background, a second block becomes visible from the street and creates a screen against the high volume adjacent to the rear boundary. With services on the ground floor and a studio on the first floor, it is connected to the main body by a balcony that can be covered or uncovered by a retractable system. The open staircase is the access to the roof.
The house of “sun and shade” to shelter the lives of the residents, as Marcel Breuer taught, is present in the dualities that make up this project: concrete, porous, light, heavy, opaque, transparent, rough, delicate, material, vegetal, gravitational and aerial.
