Caiobá house
A few blocks away from the sea, a
dead-end street surrounded by dense coastal vegetation
enters the lot all the way to the limits of its furthermost wall. A sequence of covered and
uncovered spaces marks the rhythm of this route and dissolves the distinction
between interior and exterior.
The continuous gaze is only interrupted by prisms covered in corten steel––a living mineral, almost plant-like in its metamorphosis by oxidation––which functions as a support for the house’s social spaces. Four meters above, containing private functions, floats another prism, as white as the walls of the colonial house, but effusively perforated, excavated, so as to let in all the way to the ground and to its own interior, the sunlight and the views of the mountains and surrounding vegetation.
Through its gaps, arises the possibility of an unexpected encounter––between the natural and the rational, between the private and the social––or even of the simplest visual interaction between two individuals.
The continuous gaze is only interrupted by prisms covered in corten steel––a living mineral, almost plant-like in its metamorphosis by oxidation––which functions as a support for the house’s social spaces. Four meters above, containing private functions, floats another prism, as white as the walls of the colonial house, but effusively perforated, excavated, so as to let in all the way to the ground and to its own interior, the sunlight and the views of the mountains and surrounding vegetation.
Through its gaps, arises the possibility of an unexpected encounter––between the natural and the rational, between the private and the social––or even of the simplest visual interaction between two individuals.
AUTHORS
Gustavo Utrabo, Pedro Lass Duschenes
PROJECT TEAM
Ana Julia Filipe, Marina Oba, Yuri Vasconcelos, Thaylini Luz, Daniela Moro, Gabriel Tomich, Nicolie Duarte
FINAL BUILDING PHOTOS
Pedro Kok e Humberto Utrabo
STRUCTURAL PROJECT
Eng. Ricardo Dias
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Eng. Eduardo Ribeiro
ILLUMINATION PROJECT
Eled Light
CONSTRUCTION
André Ambrósio
Eng. Ricardo Dias
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Eng. Eduardo Ribeiro
ILLUMINATION PROJECT
Eled Light
CONSTRUCTION
André Ambrósio
SITE
Caiobá, Paraná - Brasil
PROJECT YEAR
2016
CONSTRUCTION YEAR
2017
Caiobá, Paraná - Brasil
PROJECT YEAR
2016
CONSTRUCTION YEAR
2017
BUILT AREA
512,76 m2
MATERIALITY
Concrete, Steel, Glass.