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Tetra House
Maira Acayaba

Tetra House

Overcoming the considerable unevenness of the terrain, Tetra lands on the highest level of the intervention area, where the prism is divided between gardens that create a biophilic experience for the residents, and allow the architecture to breathe in these intervals.

photo_credit Maira Acayaba
Maira Acayaba
photo_credit Maira Acayaba
Maira Acayaba

The volumes were designed in such a way as to protect the privacy of the house without having to make it formally opaque, but directing it towards the main view, and taking advantage of the landscaping that occurs between the slots in the floating box, to create more scenarios that filter the part that would eventually be exposed.

photo_credit Maira Acayaba
Maira Acayaba
photo_credit Maira Acayaba
Maira Acayaba

By dividing the upper prism, structurally there would be a forest of pillars in the project, which was reversed into four pillars starting from the same point, transforming this tree pillar into the suspension of the upper block, and also raising the structure of the house to an intrinsic sculptural element. to the project.

photo_credit Maira Acayaba
Maira Acayaba
photo_credit Maira Acayaba
Maira Acayaba

Team:
Architect: Felipe Caboclo Arquitetura
Collaborating architects: AmanaRoveri
Landscaping: Maria João d'Orey
Illustrations: Herbert Anthony
Photography: Maira Acayaba

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