Osler House / Marcio Kogan

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Architect: Marcio Kogan
Location: Brasilia,
Design Year: 2006
Construction Year: 2008
Co-author: Suzana Glogowski
Collaborators: Lair Reis, Oswaldo Pessano, Samanta Cafardo, Carolina Castroviejo, Eduardo Glycerio, Maria Cristina Motta, Mariana Simas, Gabriel Kogan, Renata Furlanetto
Site Area: 797 sqm
Constructed Area: 270 sqm
Contractor: Abaco Engenharia
Landscape: Renata Tilli
Photographs: Zuleika de Souza, Claudio Dupas

In front of the entrance of the Osler House, located in Brasilia, there is a panel of tiles by the artist Athos Bulcão, designed especially for this wall. Dozens of buildings in Brasilia have panels by Athos, among them are: Planalto Palace, Itamaraty and the National Theater, all by Niemeyer. The artist’s modular tiles are an outstanding feature incorporated into the modern architecture of the modern city: from the beautiful residential buildings of the 60′s on the city’s south wing to the original projects for the institutions of the Brazilian political capital.

The classic and modern tiles of Athos are here in this house of 250m2 which takes on other designs of the modern city: the windows, the , the plant. Two volumes and a small pool and garden compose the organization of the entire program.

On the ground floor, the rooms open out using rotating wooden panels, which are reminiscent of other elements frequently used in the modernist city. Throughout this area there is cross-ventilation. The small foyer in the entrance connects to the second floor with a delicate staircase.

The upper floor is organized in a prism of glass and concrete and is supported by stilts. The living room is in spatial continuity with the kitchen, separated only by a table used to prepare the food. All of the equipment and furniture of the kitchen are available on this table, in order that nothing vertically interrupts the visual transparency of the volume. On the roof of the ground floor, connected to the living room, the garden terrace extends the external area.

 
 
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Manuel says:

Increible, menos es mas

 
# September 19, 2008 at 10:16
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cocteau says:

lovely, just lovely. is it possible you guys post some pictures of the interiors?

 
# September 19, 2008 at 13:23
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jugg says:

What are the owners going to do with these ficuses(?), when they grow up?

 
# September 19, 2008 at 14:05
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Peter says:

This must be the most beautiful house you have ever featured. Minimalism to the extreme, I love it.

 
# September 19, 2008 at 14:23
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impresionante, parece que me leyeron el pensamiento es mi casa jajaja, padrisimo el proyecto felicidades a los arquitectos!! congratulations to the architects!!!

 
# September 19, 2008 at 14:29
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Rebecca says:

Wow! The livingroom above the pool must be a fantastic place!
In what kind of surroundings is this house situated?

 
# September 20, 2008 at 07:35
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banana says:

very similar, even more sucessfull in all means >>

http://www.bevkperovic.com/?id=1,3,202

 
# September 20, 2008 at 11:27
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Musser says:

I just think the South American designers are absolutely at the top of their game. Just gorgeous!

 
# September 21, 2008 at 18:27
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sullka says:

It’s nice to see some Marcio Kogan featured on this site, one of the best contemporary brazilian architects. Mies influence is spot on, but also I see a lot of Phillip Johnson on Kogan’s houses.

 
# September 23, 2008 at 16:32
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Rafa says:

Wow! Impressive!

I bet this house is worth more than all the Favelas in Brasil

 
# September 29, 2008 at 17:41
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Prevedello says:

still modernism in brazil???? where is the brazilian contemporrary architecture????

 
# November 14, 2008 at 07:38
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2MACoff says:

ВОООООООООО!!!

 
# June 6, 2009 at 18:08
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Leonardo Ximenes says:

Awesome. Marcio Kogan is one of the best brazilian architects practising nowadays.
BTW Prevedello: what do you mean by ‘contemporary architecture’? Crooked walls?

 
# August 4, 2009 at 15:53
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