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Architects: Arquitetos Associados
- Area: 750 m²
- Year: 2008
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Photographs:Eduardo Eckenfels, Leonardo Finotti
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Text description provided by the architects. In a complex topography and geological situation, this building is situated in a slope with a two floor underground open plan. An office that allows the use of piles at a street level. In the upper volume, five duplex allows a flexible use of the place.
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The superposition of two different types of structures - concrete structure with flat slabs in the first three levels and structural brick masonry in the two superior levels - defines the main formal aspects of the building over mass and emptiness, openings and surfaces.
The structure is mainly defined by a series of four piles in V-form, a design strategy to reduce the size of its foundations.
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The intentional absence of walls and fences reinforces the openness of the piles, as an attempt to redefine the relationship of the building with the open space.
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