בקתה כפרית בברזיל || פרויקטים

Project Name: Mairiporã Chalet Annex
Architecture and Interiors: Macro Arquitetos [Carlos Duarte e Juliana Nogueira]
Area: 200 m2
Location: Mairiporã, São Paulo, Brasil
Photography: Victor Affaro
Production: Núria Uliana 

סאו פאולו, 2022 - פרויקט המגורים הנספח לקוטג' נמשך שנה בתכנון אדריכלי על ידי השותפים קרלוס דוארטה וג'וליאנה נוגיירה - ממשרד האדריכלים מאקרו, במאיריפורה, עיירה ליד סאו פאולו, ברזיל. הבקתה נועדה לזוג צעיר המחפש מקום מפלט באזור הכפרי ליד הבירה, וילדו את ילדם הראשון כשהבית היה מוכן. פחות יוקרה ויותר נעימות היו הנחת היסוד בתכנון הבית עליו חלמה המשפחה. בקשה נוספת הייתה, שהבקתה באופן מסוים, תסווה את עצמה ביער בין האלמנטים הטבעיים הרבים.


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro

The idea was to create a space where they could gather with friends and family around comfy environments, without divisions by walls, only by use of space, and with, whenever possible, a visual connection with nature. The main challenge was to implant the design into the existing site without interfering with the existing trees. To accomplish that, several tests were carried out and it was possible to preserve the Ipês on the grass, the Jabuticabeira, and the Pitangueira trees that were left on the deck.

Materials such as stone, concrete, wood and inspiration from Uruguayan country houses helped in the design. All materials used are natural, nothing industrialized. Cement floor, exposed concrete ceiling, stone coated walls, wood pillars with shou sugi ban technique, demolition wood on the shelves, cumaru deck, black painted iron frames, and white wall with rustic plaster. 
To start the project, the first step was to find the right space and position to insert the building in the existing land. Every part that didn't need a view was turned to the land boundary, and the rest to nature. Divided into two spaces, the one with the highest ceilings hold the kitchen, dining room, living room, and fireplace, with access to a large door opening to the wood deck and the pool, installed in the middle of the woods. The space with lower slab is the games room. Behind the volume of the fireplace there is a toilet with access through the games room. On the other side, the pantry and a staircase giving access to the basement, where there is a cellar.

The architecture maintained the visual connection between environments and adopted the maximum transparency to bring the green of nature into the house. Locksmith doors mark the checkered layout so that the residence is not fully exposed. The lighting project started with the prioritization of natural lighting in all areas. The doors are all floor to ceiling with 100% opening, bringing a lot of ventilation and lighting to the house, using as few direct points as possible on the ceiling to enhance the reinforced concrete slab.


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro

A jabuticaba tree and an existing pitanga tree on the land were also decisive to guide part of the annex implementation process, resulting in implantation tests that determined the retreat of the annex volume from the initial position. The integration of these trees to the architecture was made by a deck, with cutouts in the floor to receive their trunks, making nature part of the annex and the annex part of nature. The deck makes the integration between the external and internal area of ​​the annex, next to a bench positioned at the end of this plateau, becoming a lookout for the forest located at the bottom of the land.

Natural elements are also present in indoor environments. In the living room, the wide wall of the gas fireplace was covered in moledo stone. The shelves in the game room are made from demolition wood. The deck is in cumaru wood and the pool is covered in hijau stone. The frames are in black painted iron. The white walls of the kitchen and gourmet area received rustic plaster. The kitchen countertop and island, as well as the gourmet area countertop are in polished concrete. Highlight for the island with wood stove molded in loco [on site], forming a single volume in concrete unified to the floor.

At night, the lighting values ​​the space even more and reinforces the integration with nature. The idea was to use as few direct points as possible on the ceiling to enhance the reinforced concrete slab. Focal luminaires were installed only under the tables. The kitchen received a track with spots. To bring more coziness to the environments, spots were used on the floor so that the slab can reflect the light, providing softer and more indirect lighting.


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro 


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro


Mairiporã Chalet Annex. Photo Credi: Victor Affaro