Intervals House

The house was designed as a detached, irregularly shaped monolithic structure with no annexes, with all living areas concentrated in the main building.

Built on a plot approximately 80 meters deep, but whose width did not support the program requirements, it was proposed that the building be arranged longitudinally to the plot, with an extensive volume, on a single floor above ground level, as required by the owners.

The shape of the building sought to link the interiors with the exterior surroundings, ensuring a larger area on the south side of the plot, in the area with the most sun exposure. In this way, the building was developed with breaks in alignment, ensuring that the interior spaces met the requirements of the adjacent exterior.

This is a diagrammatic object, as the shape follows the logic of the diagram of uses – it gives shape to the experiences to be lived – starting with the entrance and technical spaces, passing through the social areas of the living room and kitchen, and ending in the private areas of the bedrooms.

Two intervals break up these three moments of uses, creating opportunities for communication and socialization.
These transitional spaces are promoted to welcome and connect. They are intervals of space, but also of time. They are interstitial spaces that promote the relationship between positive and negative, full and empty, form and space.

These two moments of rupture are the only points of contact with the north, with openings that allow, only there, the observation of the vegetation at that end of the plot.
To the south, the interior of the building is set back and fully glazed, creating a shade canopy to allow the dwelling to gain a significant area of connection with the pool and surrounding garden.

This is a house that articulates with its surroundings, respecting them and integrating them into its design. A house whose design is fragmented to create unique moments of living.