Designed using the ancient indigenous “Taperá style” as a reference, usually characterized by being a visually simple home, with open walls and simple enclosures, this residence uses natural lighting and ventilation to its advantage.
Project name
Taperá Residence
Architecture firm
Victor B. Ortiz Architecture
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Victor B. Ortiz
Visualization
Victor B. Ortiz Architecture
Typology
Residential › House
The Bridge house, in Floripa, connects Santa Catarina Island to the continent in two ways - due to its position and its construction elements. Overlooking the Cacupé sea, the house faces the sunset, prioritizing the view of the continental sea and the mountain range.
Project name
Bridge House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential › House
Ananda is the name set by Stemmer Rodrigues Arquitetura for its new house project in Eldorado do Sul (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). Ananda means supreme bliss, a common term widely used in Hinduism. The choice directly refers to the owner’s wish of transforming her house into a bright space to live in and to receive students for yoga and meditation c...
Project name
Ananda House
Architecture firm
Stemmer Rodrigues Arquitetura
Location
Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Photography
Lucas Franck/NMLSS
Principal architect
Paulo Henrique Rodrigues, Roberto Stemmer, Ingrid Stemmer
Material
Concrete, Glass, Wood, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
LOFT RLO was designed as a pavilion that seeks to capture a life inherently connected to living outdoors. A single -story residence with generous proportions, with just one suite, one bathroom and two half-baths, that values being and living together, blurring the lines that separate the outdoors from the indoors.
Architecture firm
ME Arquitetura
Location
Brasilia, Brazil
Principal architect
Maria Eduarda Oliveira
Design team
Maria Eduarda Oliveira
Interior design
ME Arquitetura
Supervision
ME Arquitetura
Visualization
ME Arquitetura
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Travertine, natural freijó wood, ebanized wood
Typology
Residential › House
Two SAOTA designed projects – DDS in São Paulo, Brazil and La Reserve in Dakar, Senegal – have been shortlisted as finalists for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2021.
UNA barbara e valentim: Prototype of a vertical house for implantation in the middle of a forest, made with an industrial system of glued laminated wood.
Architecture firm
UNA barbara e valentim
Principal architect
Fabio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara
Visualization
UNA barbara e valentim
Typology
Residential › House
Located in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo inside Fazenda Dona Carolina, DAC House signed by Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura had the architectural development of a project to accompany the slope of the land, without many stairs and having a view of the forest present in most environments.
Architecture firm
Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura
Location
Fazenda Dona Carolina, Bragança Paulista, Itatiba, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Evelyn Müller
Principal architect
Gilda Meirelles
Structural engineer
Engecalc
Environmental & MEP
Zamaro
Landscape
Cate Poli Landscaping
Lighting
Castilha Lighting (Garden Lighting)
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Tetro Arquitetura: At Mawé house, what matters is stepping on the grass, running from one side to the other, getting in and out, experience it curves. Then, sit on the veranda and rest your eyes on one of the most dramatic landscapes in the mountainous region of Rio.
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Itaipava, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential › House
