Busca Vida House / André Luque
© Tarso Figueira and Luis Gomes
Architect: André Luque
Location: Camaçari, Bahía, Brasil
Built area: 445 sqm
Year: 2007
Photographs: Tarso Figueira and Luis Gomes
© Tarso Figueira and Luis Gomes
In the construction of the Busca Vida House, the constructive and environmental affinities that arose between the owner and architect, started from the earliest stages of the project. Mainly the existing vegetation dictated the deployment of this residence. It was both the owner and the architect interest to preserve as many trees as possible, resulting in the removal of only one small tree. The design of the house, located in Camaçari, northern coast of Bahia, was laid out with contemporary lines, utilizing natural ventilation and sun light through large glass panels.
© Tarso Figueira and Luis Gomes
To fulfill the desire of the owner to receive friends, and at the same time not to have her privacy jeopardized, the program was distributed in two separate pavilions. The first, designed exclusively for the owner, has a suite, living room and dining room, a small kitchen, a pantry, storage and service area. The second one has three suites to receive friends. The interconnection between the two happens through a covered social area with common usage, which was installed in an inviting gourmet kitchen. Aligned to the first pavilion, are located the deck and pool area allowing the expansion and integration of the internal area, summing up to 445m2 of built area.
© Tarso Figueira and Luis Gomes
By the characteristics of the site, the foundation of the house were executed in reinforced concrete, detached from the soil, eliminating moisture problems, and improving the natural ventilation system. On this basis of concrete, the material specified to play the role of structure was Cumaru wood, which constitutes the pillars, beams and roof. The ventilation system also received attention. The wooden structure was designed with a system of two beams around the perimeter of the pavilions. In the lower beam were fixed sliding glass panels, while the upper structure supports the roof. Between these wooden beams mosquito screens are placed allowing cross ventilation to occur throughout the house, even when the glass panels are closed.
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Awesome house. Very inspiring.
ahhh so relaxing…thanks…
if u think that relaxing pls check this http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8991/tripgj9.swf
Great post! The house is breath-taking…reminds me of this other house I saw via Glass Magazine. You should check it out:
http://www.theglassmagazine.com/forum/article.asp?tid=1307#title
Muito bonita, uma casa para inspirar a arquitetura na Bahia, infelizmente o link para o site dos arquitetos esta quebrado… parabéns mais uma vez! Urban Recycle.
Great house ! Beatiful structure too !
Busca Vida House. http://bit.ly/c8oOtp
RT @nicholaspatten Busca Vida House. http://bit.ly/c8oOtp
Wonderful house, very open to the exterior. The structure is creative as well. However, how can a firm make such a wonderful home, but produce such illegible drawings? I would fail if I tried to present those drawings in studio. Maybe they’ve been reduced in size on this site, but I’d like to see some drawings with more clarity.
Good Architecture,
Like to see more similar posts like these in Arch daily.
Brazil is kind of becoming an architectural Capital
construtivamente, faz lembrar a casa Schindler, do Schindler…
que giro!
12:12 PM Jun 18th
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