The natural configuration of the land inspired the name of Casa Colina, located at Fazenda Boa Vista, in the interior of São Paulo. Positioned in a format resembling the letter “c”, the project allowed visual contact with all the ground floor environments of the residence.
Location
Fazenda Boa Vista, Pedregulho, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Principal architect
Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz
Design team
Gabriel Mota, Juliana Cadó, Luciana Bacin (project managers)Aryane Diaz, Giovanna Custódio, Matheus Soares, Raquel Gregorio
Collaborators
Ana Orefice, Amanda Domingues, Caio Armbrust, Desyree Niedo, Eduardo Vale, Fabiana Kalaigian, Gilberto Sales, João Baptistella, José Carlos Navarro, Julio de Luca, Karina Nakaura, Lívia Veroni, Mariana Leme, Priscylla Hayashi, Thiago Costa, Victor Lucena
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
When you live in urban areas, gardens are few and far between, which means you need to get a little creative. If your home has the structural capability and you have the correct permissions, you can transform your rooftop or terrace into a peaceful retreat. However, before you dive in and start buying furniture, you need to assess the situation - c...
Torres Blancas, the building designed by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza for the Huarte company, was built between 1964 and 1972. Its powerful sculptural form, the expressive use of bare concrete and its experimental nature make it an iconic example of Madrid’s architecture.
Project name
Torres Blancas
Architecture firm
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Photography
Ana Amado, Manolo Yllera
Principal architect
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Built area
31, 500 m² aprox.
Interior design
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Structural engineer
Leonardo Fernández Troyano and Carlos Fernández Casado
Landscape
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Construction
Huarte Construction Company
Material
Concrete, glass, steel
Typology
Residential › Apartments, Mixed-use
Hugging House is based on a project that is mainly capable of fully respecting nature and establishing a connection with the building's environment (not to mention energy, sustainability, and ecology), and that through its impact and experience could generate in the visitor the same respect for the natural world.
Project name
Hugging House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
Due to the topography of the site and client’s wishes, it was needed to arrange a series of layers, shaped based on topography, on top of each other in other to define required floors of need. In the next step the layers curved into 3d surfaces to create a continuity between different floors.
Project name
Hanooz Villa
Architecture firm
mrk office
Location
Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohammad Reza Kohzadi
Design team
Mohammad Reza Kohzadi, Parinaz Bahadori
Collaborators
Nylofar Moghimi, Arash Assadi
Status
Under Construction
Designed by Iranian Architect & Interior designer Milad Eshtiyaghi, the Wave Residential Complex is a 19 storey building planned to be built in Mumbai, India. The main idea of the project is taken from the waves of the Indian Ocean, which is close to the project site.
Project name
Wave Residential Complex
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Typology
Residential Complex
