T.R. House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados

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Carapicuíba, Brazil
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  469
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Nelson Kon
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Bona, Andanda, Colormix, Deca, La Fonte, Placo, Portinari, Tecnocimento NS Brazil, Trimble, Vidrotil
  • Lead Architect: Ricardo Gusmão
  • Design Team: Beatriz Vanzolini, Guido Otero, Marcio Tanaka, Marina Rosenfeld Sznelwar
  • City: Carapicuíba
  • Country: Brazil
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T.R. House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados - Exterior Photography, Concrete
© Nelson Kon

Text description provided by the architects. This project is located on the outskirts of the metropolitan area of São Paulo, on a densely wooded area of 2,568 m2 - an opportunity to think about the house as a shelter for Man in the midst of nature. We imagine this house - a volume of 13 x 29 x 5.55 meters, suspended 35cm from the ground - open to the forest where it is located. The volume is built on steel frame structure, while the internal closure is made of drywall.

T.R. House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados - Exterior Photography, Beam
© Nelson Kon
Ground Floor Plan
T.R. House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados - Interior Photography, Wood, Glass
© Nelson Kon

The external closure of the volume, however, turned out to be the big issue of the project, since it should provide all the desired integration and at the same time function as a mediator with the forest. The solution founded was to create a closing system consisting of two overlapping layers. The first skin - the exterior - is made of polycarbonate with bi-fold windows, which brings light into the house and helps in the thermal regulation of the internal spaces. The second skin consists of a glass system with sliding windows whose supports and securing profiles are lightweight. The internal volume is therefore covered by a seven meters tall structure, a thermoacoustic tile held by steel frames. The construction of this shelter presupposes the use of industrialized components, which allow a quick and precise assembly.

T.R. House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados - Interior Photography, Stairs, Beam
© Nelson Kon
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T.R. House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados - Interior Photography, Glass
© Nelson Kon

Furthermore, our desire was to create a volume whose materiality - especially defined by the double skin - enabled various readings of the relation between the house and its surroundings, due to its mimetic characteristics of nature, but to its reaction to weather variations as well. Thus, depending on the conditions of light and the ever-changing position of the observer in relation to the house and the forest, one could see the architecture affirming itself as a box of light, or as an opaque object, or as a translucent volume, or even as a chameleon swallowed by nature

T.R. House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados - Interior Photography, Glass, Concrete, Beam
© Nelson Kon

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Cite: "T.R. House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados" [Residência T.R. / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados] 23 Apr 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/938022/tr-house-andrade-morettin-arquitetos-associados> ISSN 0719-8884

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T.R.悬空住宅,隐于森林中的“变色龙” / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados

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