Shangri-la 01 house / Adriano Carnevale Domingues
One of our readers, Adriano Carnevale Domingues, sent us this 250 sqm house in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with a very attractive roof succession.
You can see some more photographs, drawings and Adriano’s description after the break.
Due to the shape of the site and the idea of leaving as much free space as possible, the house was set at the rear of the site, opening to the surrounding perspectives. Set this way, the main elevation faces southeast, losing therefore, much of the natural ventilation and sunlight in the interior, leading to the solution of fragmenting the roof to make it visually permeable, creating tension points and ruptures from the unit.
The house develops on a single level, with living and dinning areas, kitchen, pantry and laundry area, two bedrooms, bath, master bedroom with bath, an atelier, a workroom and a barbeque area.
Through the architecture, the parts intercommunicate, interfere with one another and unite, de-characterizing the limits of the program; purposefully breaking angles and in relation to the linear pattern of the floors, invade and give movement to the spaces.
The truncated parts, through pergolas and planes unequally set from one another, creating openings along their extensions (vertical continuity), form a skin that not only covers but also peels, opening the interior and giving life to its essence; interacting and joining with nature, capturing sunlight. Making it, in a certain way, an autonomous unit, saving energy (as do the solar heating panels that heat the water).
The roof of ceramic tiles with few plans, converses with the regional context in which the house is inserted.
Once inserted in this context, the house breaks with repetition, creating within itself, opposing relations that mark a non-comparable identity.
As a music analogy, and as mentioned on David Dunster text ( AR 1307 – Jannuary 2006) ” Stravinsky has said of his music, now usually in form, that he is interested not in harmony but in related densities of intervals.”, reforcing the truncated parts, as well functional, that gives new roof rhythm till then harmonious with the environment.
The architecture, now broken, no longer joins geometries to qualify spaces and justify them as rooms, but gives the limits movement and changes ones perception.
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Gostei muito da proposta. Uma casa tradicional com “telhado” [coisa que geralmente o arquiteto nao gosta muito de trabalhar] e convenhamos, é dificil trabalhar uma boa proposta com telhados e acho que o Adriano conseguiu uma boa harmonização com eles. Adorei a interposição de planos e o efeito que ele cria no interior da residencia..
“simples e aconchegante”, eu definiria.
Now, here we have a quite harmonious merge of a tradition with modern approach as far as form is concerned. I am not convinced to a color of the roof. Weak points are absence of a well defined main entrance and “dark” kitchen. It’s one of the nicest houses I’ve recently seen in AD.
“It’s one of the nicest houses I’ve recently seen in AD.”
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I’m not sure that justifying and developing the projetct with a strong element (roofing) upon a problem (no light or cross ventilation) that was created by the architect himself, qualifies as good architecture. The architect wouldnt have to deal with those problems if the house had a better implantation on the terrain. That’s just my 2 cents.
the roof forms present many basic drainage issues, with possiblity of future leaking.
Absolutely, without any doubt, it WILL leak.
From some of the images it looks like this project is an addition to an existing structure – the two buildings on either side being connected by a new intervention.
In general I think this house is a little clumsy with strange angles, confusing spaces and very tight and enclosed. And for all the talk of keeping the large lawn in the front open there doesn’t seem to be many windows or connection between the interior and exterior.
Multiple car pileup
A good idea doesn’t always precede a good project, and it’s even possible to make a good project based on a bad idea. Unfortunately, that’s not the case here. This wouldn’t be good even as a student project. Nevertheless, it’s built… so sad.
A blindfolded butcher would have done a better job. Sorry but the last addition of “that” roof and “space” is like driving the last nail into the coffin. I would give my last tofu for that site! Please stop adding more rhythm and harmony … I will start to pity the neighbours.
If you are going to quote Stravinsky, surely it should not be from an AR article? Music cannot be captured in this way: it is the influenced manipulation of light/water/air that you will experience its essences.
So, it just a wonky roof … don’t you think that the opposing slopes to the existing and its manipulation shows the least bit of knowledge of simple construction?
@David Basulto
Is this (see two francis posts above) a good sense of a debate you were taking about?
Parabéns, Adriano. Bela intervenção com qualidade em pré-existente ordinária. É bom vermos aqui publicada uma obra do Brasil e mais semelhante com nossa realidade. Talvez os leitores não brasileiros não possam mensurar a dificuldade de convencer os clientes brasileiros a confiar no arquiteto para um projeto diferenciado. Fiquei curioso em saber a solução que você deu para recolhimento da água da chuva nos novos telhados. Parabéns pela publicação!!
Congratulations, Adriano. Great intervention in an ordinary preexisting building. It’s good to read here published a Brazilian project more similar to our reality. Maybe readers from others countries could not measure our difficulty in convince clients to trust in the Architect for a different high qualified project. I got curios about to know your solution for collection of rainwater. Congratulations!!!
below average architecture, it does not matter wether is modern or traditional, it is just average with very poorly desinged interior….i love the model thought!!
Bo Lucky,
The kitchen is not dark at all because there is a mid-height wall and a transparent pergola indoor garden roof that let the natural light come through and light it. The main entrance is at front house with tree doors and a pedestrian path as you can see at aerial photos.
Adriano,
Thanks for a clarification. As for the kitchen – I didn’t mean pitch dark. That’s why I said “dark”. What I meant was that there is no direct natural light onto the kitchen work area and I am pretty sure that the lady of the house has to use artificial lighting to work there – is that right? As for the main entrance – the pedestrian path leads directly to the living room – the three doors look like a private patio doors. For a stranger, area facing the dining looks more like the main entrance but it is not. That is why I said that main entrance is not well defined. Overall, the house is very nice and well designed providing all conditions of the existing site.
Bo Lucky,
The lady of the house don’t need an artificial light during a day because there no wall in front of the work area that let the natural light of a living room open planes roof, get in the kitchen. To resume the kitchen has light from indoor garden trasparent pegola roof, dinning and living room and barbecue area door and window.I’m glad you like it and understood it.
Bo,
Obviously not, but trust me we go through all the comments (weekends is a bit slower). But we have a new feature coming soon that will improve discussions.
Bo
You have really understood when you said that the tree doors entrance looks like a private patio because it is the idea. As a pimitive “village” that has a patio with all houses or rooms around it.In this house this entrance area is really like a patio with a open planes roof and tree doors that make you feel you are in and out at same time observing and feeling the indoor and outdoor atmosphere.As the primitive villages, the rooms are around with free path.
below average indeed.
Adriano,
As I said… it’s a good design for this location… the kitchen is away from direct natural light and the main entrance is not very well defined… it’s a harmonius, neutral and modern way to let the existing, traditional architecture play major role… it’s appropriate… good work!
Just HORRIBLE
Good idea . Bad execution.
Ps.
Brazilian Architect