Sao Paulo, Brazil
Marcio Kogan
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
The House 53 volumetry was defined following São Paulo city building laws and the site’s peculiar shape, which is just over 10 meters in front and approximately 30 meters in length. According to the legislation one can build in the neighborhood up to a two-floor building, settled upon the site’s lateral limits. A third floor is allowed as long as the lateral setbacks are respected.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
The house was conceived as a wood and mortar monolithic block with another concrete and glass volume upon it. Due to the ground’s small front and volumetry, the box’s two edges had to make the most of light’s entrance, which explains the large windows. It was also desirable that these windows would make it possible to darken the internal environment whenever needed.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
The house’s inferior volume, which comprises the living room on the first floor, and the bedrooms on the second floor, is a glass box with wooden brises that open as folding doors. The rooms’ front and back facades were designed to be completely closed or opened.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
From the outside, when the brises (and the front wall, which follows the same language) are closed, it´s impossible to distinguish the openings, and all wooden surfaces make up a pure single volume, without bumps. When these brises are opened, the house looks like a large wood folding.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Rômulo Fialdini |
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| ground floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Marcio Kogan |
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| first floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Marcio Kogan |
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| second floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Marcio Kogan |
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| section--drawing Courtesy of Marcio Kogan |
The people
Architect: Marcio Kogan
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Co-Author: Suzana Glogowski
Interior Design: Diana Radomysler, Mariana Simas
Project Team: Beatriz Meyer, Carolina Castroviejo, Eduardo Chalabi, Eduardo Glycerio, Gabriel Kogan, Lair Reis, Maria Cristina Motta, Oswaldo Pessano, Renata Furlanetto, Samanta Cafardo
Landscape Architect: Renata Tilli
General Contractor: Fairbanks & Pilnik
Structural Engineering: Leão e Associados
Site Area: 330 sqm
Project Area: 350 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Rômulo Fialdini
