Designed by Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos, RB House corresponds to the ambitions and life project of a young heir and collector. The site, exhaustively searched, is located beside Graciosa Country Club, the most exclusive club with the golf course most centrally located in the city. Its particularities: dimensions, format, legislation, and neighborhood shaped and conditioned several design decisions.

The idea of a house for large parties and receptions would also be central to the development of the project.

The house entirely built with reinforced concrete was a proposal of the office, which saw in this project an alternative to a powerful architecture for its volume and without the conventional stylistic concessions.
Photography: Alan Weintraub The site of 1200m2 was relatively small for the large program to be installed, and the triangular shape with one side in an arch did not facilitate the design of the building. A narrow strip of maintenance sheds of the golf course along a high wall would only allow the desired views from the second floor of the house. The vertical guideline of the project came from the relationship between the difficulties presented by the lot, together with the most important requirement of the client: to make the most out of the views of the golf course.

This way, the main uses only happen on the second floor of the building.

The RB house consists of five floors – the ground floor and four more. The ground and the first floors were intende...