How can a house occupy the land without erasing what was already there?

At Sabiá House, the existing trees become the starting point for the architecture. Rather than conceiving the residence as a single object placed on the site, the project is fragmented into a series of blocks distributed among the vegetation.

As these volumes move apart, they create a sequence of voids. Courtyards, passages, gardens, and open spaces emerge between the built elements, preserving existing trees while allowing vegetation, light, and air to enter the house.

This fragmented arrangement also transforms circulation into a continuous transition between enclosure and openness, architecture and landscape. Bridges, terraces, and covered passages connect the different parts of the program while reinforcing the presence of nature throughout the experience of the house.

At Sabiá House, what is left unbuilt becomes as important as the built volumes themselves. The voids preserve the existing landscape, organize the relationship between the different spaces, and make the vegetation an essential part of the architecture.