Guest House / Castro Cyon Arquitetas

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Araçoiaba da Serra, Brazil
  • Design Team: Fabiana Cyon, Ana Paula de Castro, Vito Macchione Ferreira
  • Contractor: Eduardo Santos
  • Ground Sounding: Engesolo Engenharia Ltda
  • Concrete Structure: Oficina de Arquitetura e Estrutura
  • Landscaping: Isabel Duprat
  • Built Area: 208 sqm
  • City: Araçoiaba da Serra
  • Country: Brazil
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Guest House / Castro Cyon Arquitetas - Interior Photography, Windows, Facade
© Fran Parente

Text description provided by the architects. The building was conceived as an addition to a pre-existing weekend house. The guest house was placed between a maple tree and a cypress, inserted perpendicularly to the main construction. It is situated in the outskirts of São Paulo, inside a residential condo.

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The largest tree marks the site´s center and the most vertical one its limit. Preserving the inner garden space, the view from the main house was kept unobstructed. Each program has its own façade and each façade its view. The bedrooms open up to the neighboring golf court, the office faces the lake, circulation leads to the garden, and the living room has the maple tree as backdrop.

Guest House / Castro Cyon Arquitetas - Exterior Photography, Windows, Door, Forest
© Fran Parente

The surrounding vegetation plays an important role to the house. Because of it, the house cannot be seen from the street. It protects and shadows the glass pane. And from the inside, the window frames the giant tree.

Guest House / Castro Cyon Arquitetas - Exterior Photography, Windows
© Fran Parente

The central core, with four suites, has a concrete structure. Around it, an independent timber structure delimits gathering places and circulation. The roof trusses are only visible at the edges. Steel cables held by gusset plates attached to the peripheral pillars and over the frames are responsible for keeping them slim.

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sections

House circulation is always through the porches and there is no distinction between front and back doors. Inside the building, one can feel the tranquil atmosphere of isolation, even being so close to the neighbors. It is just like being in a tree house without leaving the ground.

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Cite: "Guest House / Castro Cyon Arquitetas" 27 Nov 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/298643/guest-house-doisamaisv-arquitetos> ISSN 0719-8884

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