The commision to design a house in a typical São Paulo neighbourhood context, out of gated communities,  demanded that we test the limits of our design philosophy ? permeability, openness to surrounding urban space. The result of the reading of these conditions a wide and light space that also shelters the need of enclosure that daily life demands.

© Pedro Kok

Architects: 23 SUL

Location: Butantã, São Paulo - SP, Brazil

Area: 153.7 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Pedro Kok

Lighting: 23 SUL

Landscape: 23 SUL , Oficina2mais

Construction: Empreiteira RRRocha (Raildo Ribeiro da Rocha)

Management And Building Coordination: 23 SUL
© Pedro Kok

The commision to design a house in a typical São Paulo neighbourhood context, out of gated communities,  demanded that we test the limits of our design philosophy ? permeability, openness to surrounding urban space. The result of the reading of these conditions a wide and light space that also shelters the need of enclosure that daily life demands.

© Pedro Kok

Built for a young couple, the house is placed above street level,  organized under a single roof that defines the wide space where the collective activities take place, crossed by the private use masonry block ? on top of which is the mezanin...