Sumaré House / Isay Weinfeld
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Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto designed the Sumaré house, in São Paulo, for a graphic designer who desired a “spacious house, where she could work, exercise, entertain friends and, of course, live in.”
More images and more about the house after the break.
Due to height restriction laws, the building could not exceed 2 floors, thus an underground floor was needed for the caretaker’s quarters and the atelier. Both spaces open to a lawn so the feeling of being underground is forgotten. On the middle floor, a few steps above street level, a sitting and dinning room open to a larger lawn.
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In the living room, a long étagère displays the owner’s collection, ranging from works of art to design and vintage objects. The home also includes a swimming pool and a dance floor for the designer to practice ballet routines, in addition to entertaining areas, two bedrooms and all other rooms suitable to a residence.
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For her private bedroom, the space is enclosed only by a screen of pre-cast concrete blocks, allowing the designer to see the city skyline in the distance. On the top level, a spacious wooden deck provides ample room for an outdoor entertaining area.
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See other Isay Weinfeld works previously featured on AD.
Author: Isay Weinfeld
Collabotator: Domingos Pascali
Project Manager: Monica Cappa Santoni
Team: Juliana Scalizi, Elisa Canjani, Ilza fujimura, Marina cappochi, Juliana Garcia, Leandro Garcia, Gustavo Benthien, Priscila Araújo, Fábio Rudnik
Beginning of project: April 2003
Opening: May 2007
Construction area: 598,39 m²
Plot area: 700 m²
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- Site plan
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Incredible home. It would be nice see the designer home office
A beautiful house…but what kind of graphic designer could possibly afford it? Obviously someone born into money.
Or somebody with a lot of talent, who also understands the way a business should be run. For all we now, the owner has 50 employees.
I love this house.
I’m very sorry, but graphic designers simply aren’t in the right business to have a “…swimming pool and a dance floor for the designer to practice ballet routines…an underground floor was needed for the caretaker’s quarters and the atelier.”
This is a $10+ million dollar house. A little 50 person design firm wouldn’t even make that much profit in a year. Think “hedge fund owner trophy wife.”
I like the house too.
So what???
Não vejo a obra desse arquiteto com grande relevancia nacional. A volumetria é bem pesada, feia e sem verdade estrutural. Não me emociona…
Pelo que eu vejo Frederico, isso é a nova escola paulista.
Tudo igua.
E isso é realmente triste… É uma arquitetura marketeira e acho que esse não é o caminho.
Queria ver seus projetos Frederico, devem ser muito bons.
Ironia a parte, um critico de arte não precisa ser necessariamente um artista, meu caro.
Really a nice astonishing residence….has a gud appearance….
Winfeld rules
this is a ripoff of koolhaas’ villa bordeaux, and half as good.
excelente diseño, muy innovador
Nice modernism. I like that. The pooltent is too chequered, I’m sure.
Apparently nice, cost issues aside.
Need more photos, though.
Who cares how much money she has? What a great way to spend it…
really like the house…..hate the kitchen.
this is very villa dall’ava-ish
such a beautiful house…..
wasnt this posted before? why are posts repeating?!
really great project
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the first comment on this post is dated “December 19, 2009″ but the post is dated “22 JAN 2010″ .. how?!
stop repeating, Archdaily!
Nice house! I couldnt detect a door in the part of the swimming pool that goes into the terrace. I dont see anything resembling such thing in the pictures or in the plans. Having a door would secure the house for someone breaking in by swimming, though having one would be really make it a difficult task to close it every night, which is where my whole concern first started. The way I see to do it would be having to swim to go and close the door and then come back? Because I dont see any access to the terrace that isnt through the swimming pool.
I mean…I dont see such thing as a door, which, for as more secure the house could be with walls and electric fences, I wouldnt be able to fall asleep thinking im really safe. And, if there is a door, how do you really close it?
3:35 AM Dec 20th
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6:26 AM Dec 20th
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8:01 AM Dec 20th
RT @gutoaraki: Isay Weinfeld no Sumaré. http://tinyurl.com/yzhqwlv
10:18 AM Dec 20th
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12:55 PM Dec 20th
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6:38 PM Jan 25th
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1:10 PM Mar 22nd
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