In this mixed-use project, the experimental aesthetic essence is taken to the extreme. The volumetry of the different buildings is unified by a shell formed by undulating sheets. In this project, we use the strategy of shapes inspired by the lightness and organicity of nature. An architectural shell is then created to house different uses, in a dyn...
Architecture firm
Realiza Arquitetura
Location
Curitiba, Brazil
Principal architect
Antonio Gonçalves Jr. and Frederico Carstens
Visualization
Realiza Arquitetura
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use development
The Itu house began to be designed when a small slot in the city that bears the name of the house was found. In a space with few houses nearby, the slot took advantage of a large slope that allowed a complete view of the horizon. After some time, the slot began to turn into a project and the project began to turn into construction.
Architecture firm
STUDIO DLUX
Location
Itu, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Hugo Chinaglia
Principal architect
Denis Fujii
Design team
Beatriz Guedes, Daniel Ogata, Carol Passos
Collaborators
Furniture: Mono Design, TokStok e Westwing. Joinery: Cortare
Interior design
STUDIO DLUX
Typology
Residential › House
A place immersed in lush Atlantic Rainforest nature. A terrain filled with large leafy trees, foliage, shrubs, birds and wild animals. A challenging topography with a steep slope, characteristic of the Nova Lima region in Minas Gerais. This is the place where Casa Açucena is inserted.
Project name
Açucena House (Casa Açucena)
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Rua dos Jacarandás, 1012 - Jardins de Petrópolis - Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photography
Jomar Bragança
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Collaborators
Laura Georgia Rodrigues Layoun, Otávio, Daniele Meloni, Déborah Martins
Structural engineer
M Estruturas
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion
Material
Concrete, wood, glass, steel
Typology
Residential › House
The STS residence was designed for a couple who wanted an integrated home, which proved to be a great challenge in face of the original plan, full of levels and isolated environments. Located inside a condominium of townhouses with standardized facades in a classic style, in the São Lourenço neighborhood, in Curitiba.
Project name
Residência STS
Architecture firm
Schuchovski Arquitetura
Location
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Photography
Eduardo Macarios
Principal architect
Eliza Schuchovski
Design team
Eliza Schuchovski, Isabella Borsato, Juliana Freitas
Interior design
Schuchovski Arquitetura
Supervision
Schuchovski Arquitetura
Visualization
Schuchovski Arquitetura
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Lumion
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The Olhavaca house is subtly perched on a rural landscape. Its shape surrounds the top of the hill, where everything looks at the mountains in the distance. Wooden gates control privacy and the entry of the setting sun.
Project name
Olhavaca House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential › House
Surrounded by valleys and the expanding community, the territory of intervention reveals an irregular surface geography and circumscribes the urban landscape of rural habits. This chain of houses continues the social phenomenon of urban occupation with a private character, designed by the architectural office for the interior municipality of Paudal...
Project name
Popular Houses Paudalho II (Casas Populares Paudalho II)
Architecture firm
NEBR Arquitetura
Location
Paudalho, Pernambuco, Brasil
Principal architect
Edson Muniz
Collaborators
Amanda Brandão, Chico Santos, Kaique Nascimento
Interior design
Amanda Brandão, Edson Muniz
Construction
MM Construtora
Material
Reinforced Concrete, Ceramic Block Brick
Typology
Residential › Housing
From The Ground Up presents TETRO's architecture to the world, in all its exclusivity, beauty and sublimity of its creations.
Written by
Tetro Arquitetura
Photography
Augusto Custodio
At the trail house, it is necessary to walk 400 m into the forest to find it. A winding brick wall integrates the place creating nooks. From baroque to contemporary. Nature and finally art.
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential › House