We sat in this place, on mountain top, and enjoyed the scenery. We felt the blowing wind and wondered how the wind could design the house. From there, we created a creative process to try to find out.
Project name
Casa ao vento
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
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 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
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
The 7 Patios House is located in a private condominium in Nova Lima, Brazil. The site has a slight slope, no vegetation, and is located close to the condominium limits. Right outside this limit is a highway. The noise from cars can be heard from inside the land. Right in front of the land, across the highway, a factory can be seen, so the best view...
Project name
7 Pátios House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photography
Gustavo Xavier
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Collaborators
Laura Georgia Rodrigues Layoun, Natália Castro, Déborah Martins
Structural engineer
M Estruturas
Environmental & MEP
Daisy Fernanda de Souza
Construction
Fábio Soares
Material
Concrete, glass, steel, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
This house, set on a steep slope covered with typical Brazilian savanna vegetation, is located in front of a preserved area facing mountain views. Its location strategy, longitudinal to the terrain’s contour lines, is defined by the extensive cover concrete slab, which is fluidly inserted according to the specific needs of the program and the terra...
Project name
Inclined Slab House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Photography
Jomar Bragança, Augusto Custódio
Principal architect
Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Structural engineer
Márcio gonçalves
Construction
TETRO Arquitetura e Engenharia / DMC Construtura
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The mount house rests gently on the land, forming a pilotis. The place has a golf course as a backyard, and was designed as a field extension.
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Tetro Arquitetura: The mountain house is set in the hillside, blades cut the terrain allowing an intense relationship with the materiality of the place rocks.
Project name
Mountain House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo and Matheus Rosendo
Typology
Residential › House
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