Pereira Narvaes house is located in Caxias, a mountainous region of southern Brazil. After visiting the site it was clear that the incredible view of the ?green wall?, a mountain with na almost vertical slope, would direct the project.

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Architects: SUCRA Arquitetura + Design

Location: Caxias do Sul - Galópolis, Caxias do Sul - RS, Brazil

Area: 724.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Cristiano Bauce

Engineer: Alexandre Rihl

Constructor: Miro Chichelero, André Bergamin, Patrick Rigon

Pereira Narvaes house is located in Caxias, a mountainous region of southern Brazil. After visiting the site it was clear that the incredible view of the ?green wall?, a mountain with na almost vertical slope, would direct the project.
© Cristiano Bauce

The clients requirement was a contemporary residence that represented their family?s personality, and the resulting design was a functional house of straight lines using concrete, brick, iron and glass.

© Cristiano Bauce

The house contrasts with all the surrounding nature, and internally frames the landscape, bringing the outside inside. There is a constant inter-play of contrasts: density and space, concrete and nature, light and shadow - this is powered by pure geometry in features like ...