Tic-Tac House / Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos

Aug 2009

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Brazil, Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos

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For the Tic-Tac House, FGMF based their work on a simple everyday object, the clock. “It expresses the constant need for change: nobody acts the same way in the morning, afternoon or evening. No one even reacts the same way to different seasons… so why should our houses be always the same?” they explain. The building is a light pre-fab structure, made up of five modules. The central module acts as the kitchen and bathroom core of the house, while the remaining four rotate and can be reconfigured independently to suit the owner’s mood and the demands of the weather.

Take a look at all the model images and some renders after the break.

Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "Tic-Tac House / Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos" 22 Aug 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed 04 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/32549>

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tropicalismo360 says:

Whoa, that is a lot of moving parts for a house. I love the roof/screen but I’m not sure about the rest. Can Arch Daily tell us if this is going to be a real building?

# August 22, 2009 at 20:31

Lourenço Gimenes says:

Hello! Thank you for your interest. Ths is going to be a pre-fab house for the australian market, and possibly also for other countries. So yes, it is going to be built!

# August 24, 2009 at 19:52

Verd says:

How much for one to be built in the US?

# August 26, 2009 at 21:32

Verd, please get in touch: adm@fgmf.com.br

# August 27, 2009 at 23:59

John Frank says:

Fantastic! I love the rolling roof…it’s so simple, I guess I wish I had thought about it. I can see a little kid moving it…really nice idea.

# August 22, 2009 at 21:17

guy says:

Hopefully the final solution will be a little more elegant than the mitered I-beam bus.

# August 22, 2009 at 21:41

novan says:

awesome….i like chocolate and white colour composition.

# August 23, 2009 at 06:30

arch_m says:

guys..i did not see any privacy and i think it is unsafe..i think the designer exaggerate in his idea

# August 23, 2009 at 09:10

moun says:

Funny idea. I’m so interested in these transformable building designs, such as The Prada Transformer. Although it has something unreasonable now, it might be a trend.

# August 23, 2009 at 12:26

md says:

I anticipate the functionality of a movable shading screen to lose its value once the owner finds the sweet spot – also…why not shade the whole building in a similar way…it adds the the effect desired, shades the building, and is less complex…

# August 23, 2009 at 13:09

greenbeans says:

so according to the renders theres 9 different people living at this house…

# August 23, 2009 at 13:27

Joimagg says:

Would have been funny to see the people’s mood change with different house settings. F.ex. have a couple fighting and therefor having the house in closed setting.

Would also be cool to see a number of these houses togeather in a neighbourhood context where different owners would have different settings. Not necessarily to sell the idea as such, just to show it’s potential.

# August 23, 2009 at 21:56

SC says:

yeah i guess a entire enveloping sort of screen to give some privacy would be much better and u could still have a central courtyard idea to give the views inwards but still keep the moving parts! but overall great idea…

# August 23, 2009 at 22:42

Berg Lim says:

Waterproofing… Anyone?

# August 23, 2009 at 23:20

Lumiges.com says:

I like how you play with elements and how some parts can be reconfigured. It could be quite interesting experience living is such a house. Possibly you should aim at better quality presentation renders. You need to explore light, excitement, at the moment they look flattish. Thanks, Lumiges

# August 24, 2009 at 00:17

Van HT says: