Casa Sombrero, Brazil, Campinas Real Estate, Interior, Exterior, Brazilian Architecture Photos
Casa Sombrero in Campinas
26 Aug 2022
Architect: FGMF
Location: Campinas, Brazil

Photos: Fran Parente
Casa Sombrero, Brazil
Located in a residential condominium in the city of Campinas, in the interior of São Paulo, the exploration of the land made by the FGMF office consists of a residence designed as Casa Sombrero, with an organization focused on itself and focused on the integration of private indoor and outdoor spaces with an abundance of transparency and relationship with Juliana Freitas’ landscaping.

The 1200 sqm plot was occupied longitudinally. From the facade, the garage, kitchen and service areas meet in a volume of concise openings, with access to the living and dining rooms that closes to the street, guaranteeing the privacy of the extremely transparent social space below.
The social areas are surrounded by large glass panels that allow the connection with the dense garden that surrounds the residence to the south and the lawn to the north. On the entire side, frames in the central axis of the project allow opening to the external area with a view of the solarium area and swimming pool that surrounds the social area.

The structural investigation adopted in the central portion of the house is the real purpose of the project – what the architects called a ?structural inversion? of the traditional system of the structure of a house; pillars inside, be...