Comments on: Grid House / Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos

By: nicole emilia

nicole emilia — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:35:33 +0000

Grid House / Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos | ArchDaily – http://t.co/6h0Kb29D

By: Vile Belette

Vile Belette — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:17:06 +0000

Les architectes brésiliens construisent dans l’espace laissé libre par les excès de l’éco architecture européenne : http://bit.ly/bsFjLq

By: Inquesto

Inquesto — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:57:10 +0000

Grid House / Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos | ArchDaily http://t.co/lEvXpW6 via @archdaily

By: Sarah Carolan

Sarah Carolan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:14:18 +0000

Grid House by Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos: http://bit.ly/c8x7g5 Fascinating idea/design #architecture (via @ArchDaily)

By: the citylab

the citylab — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:54:55 +0000

Who said grids are boring?

Grid House by Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos.

http://bit.ly/49ckFD

via: archdaily.com

By: Matt Hoffman

Matt Hoffman — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:47:08 +0000

RT @mccall_ http://tinyurl.com/m2nkx6 simply amazing architectural concept and something I will def borrow from when we build the commune ha

By: robertaguedes

robertaguedes — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:37:10 +0000

grid house http://bit.ly/tB2MD

By: Troy Lemieur

Troy Lemieur — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:23:37 +0000

It seems like you would want to reduce the amount of materials needed by placing rooms of the same household next to each other. All that steel and wood seems wasteful too. Sure, it’s respectable design, but there’s a point where things become wasteful, and I think this project crossed it.

By: tropicalismo360

tropicalismo360 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:38:42 +0000

@Medusa, integrating with the external is great but you don’t have to have bits of building and open frame *everywhere* to achieve that.

By: Emilio

Emilio — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:52:26 +0000

I completly agree with you

By: Lite

Lite — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:43:03 +0000

Hi there Medusa
You’re almost there. But the point about the tropics and brazilian architecture is doubtable. By the mountains, trees and vegetation, that place doesn’t seem to be in the same tropical latitude as the rainforest (as for instance). It actually seem to be a mild weather out there (but this is just a minor impression).
What really catches me in your argument is the point about being awarded and etc. Is Brazil really producing one of the most exciting architecture in the world? So where are these?
I can talk about few architects in brazil with small by beautiful projects (A. Bucci, MMBB, etc). But i can also remeber some posts here @ archdaily about a brazilian pavilion and the crap about it’s competition. Also something about the qualities about some of the world cup stadiums.

As for me i think the house is nice. Far from being a master piece, far from being a crap. A nice house.

By: Daniel Carnelossi

Daniel Carnelossi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:01:36 +0000

Volta e meia sai uma casa brasileira que merece nota – http://tr.im/sD3t – nota: normalmente projetos de filhos de arquitetos das antigas…

By: sullka

sullka — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:48:09 +0000

hehehehe…..I’m currently reading HAUNTED, by Chuck Pahlaniuk, not so good compared to other novels by him, but anyways, there’s one story in the book, about a Chef that went into killing rampage, the common pattern on all the victims: critics.

As he said, nowadays, anybody with a mouth and a computer, is an internet critic, so true.

I respect other’s opinions, however to me that house is beautiful, I would love to be live there, I bet the clients are fully enjoying it.

By: StructureHub Blog

StructureHub Blog — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:40:43 +0000

2/3s right. The finished product is too scattered / too random in layout for me, however; having such incomprehensible floorplans and perspectives makes it much harder to appreciate it for what it is.

By: rogerhavoc

rogerhavoc — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:32:53 +0000

Grid House http://bit.ly/RGy4k

By: Richard Z. Sirois

Richard Z. Sirois — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:48:58 +0000

Great concept! The interior is bright and spacious. Like others have pointed out, it seems like an excess of materials was used simply to demonstrate the grid pattern of the house, without the uninhabited sections of the house having any real purpose or use. Why frame whole sections with steel if the idea is to let tropical plants fill those spaces?

I give it 7/10.

By: Brazil | Grid House | Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitectos - Arquitectura.pt

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:37:58 +0000

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By: Medusa

Medusa — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:11:40 +0000

I guess that you have to come from certain latitudes to understand certain things. This house is one of the most fascinating and sophisticated projects I’ve seen in a long time. Whereas architecture in template climates was traditionally defined by thick walls and roof so you can protect yourself in winter, tropical architecture is all about providing a shade; you don’t need more than that. As a result the intermediate space, the interstice between the inside and the outside is the key feature. Walls could be screens; verandas and pergolas could define your outdoor space, etc. Not by chance Semper was so fascinated by the tropical hut: a screen, a roof and four columns. His whole theory on tectonic departed from that observation.
To the doubters… I hope you can imagine this house in 10 years… maybe even 5, given the rate of growth in the tropic… The house engulfed by the green… and all those intermediate space partially shaded, partially outside that will make the lucky owners incredibly happy while drinking caipirinhas… then we will talk about integrating with the landscape… not with the simplistic imitations of landscape forms with floors that become walls that become roof… and you get the idea…
And in a country that is producing some of the most exciting architecture nowadays not by chance this house won award as a project and built work from the Institute of Brasilian Architects (Sao Paulo department).
Sorry for the long comment.. (And I could keep going… Team X, Case studies, Lucio Costa… etc)

By: farflung

farflung — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:08:36 +0000

some of the detailing here is very nice. however, i do agree that it is wasteful, and that no amount of talkitecture can make a project what it clearly aint.

By: Isaac Arquieta

Isaac Arquieta — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:13:53 +0000

my future residence maybe… haha http://bit.ly/H1rew