A long, long house. Casa Mororó by Studio mk27

Description of project by Studio MK27

Externally, the same continuous volume create a duality between the opaque block - where are the living room, bedrooms and services?- and the transparent extension of the heated pool and sauna. The shape of the house was given by extrusion sixty-five meters from a house-icon, with roofs in water. In addition, an external wooden deck connects the spaces and creates a solarium for use during the summer.

In the opaque part of the volume, fifty meterst long, the openings have been minimized and used as sliding doors, to strengthen the integration between inside and outside. This relationship between full and empty on the facade yielded excellent thermal performance with a high degree of energy conservation. The transparent section has fourteen feet long. The internal ventilation that environment was spatially designed to prevent vapor condensation pool heated in glass, which would harm relations with the view.

The house has not been implemented on top of the rugged terrain, as initially wanted to customers, but in its lower part - in the middle of a beautiful pine forest. This solution enabled involve the construction with the nature of the surroundings, creating an intimate relationship with the site.

The initial premise of the project was to make a quick and inexpensive construction. Thus, the architecture made use of industrial solutions such as the metal frame and the walls of steelframe. The site, despite the high rainfall, remained always clean. Unlike the Brazilian constructive culture, few elements were made entirely on site, but mounted on the building site. The total time of the work was below the standard, even in a region difficult to access.

The use of internal materials such as wood, made the house a welcoming place, as are the traditional chalets in the mountains. Following the wishes of future residents, the kitchen could be integrated into spaces through wooden pivoting doors - that open fully. So not only was possible to design large and continuous spaces inside, as well as central places of everyday life that organized the house plan.

Text.- Studio MK27