Toblerone House / studio mk27

Toblerone House / studio mk27

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São Paulo, Brazil
  • Design Team: Carolina Castroviejo, Fernanda Palmieri, Fernando Falcon, Mariana Simas, Oswaldo Pessano
  • Studio Team: Andrea Macruz, Eduardo Glycerio, Gabriel Kogan, Lair Reis, Maria Cristina Motta, Manoela Verga, Renata Furlanetto, Samanta Cafardo, Suzana Glogowski
  • Structure Engineer: Gilberto Pinto Rodrigues
  • Architect In Charge: Marcio Kogan
  • City: São Paulo
  • Country: Brazil
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Text description provided by the architects. The basic concept of the Toblerone House can be described as a unique image: a free first floor with large sliding glass doors which support a wooden box delimited by concrete beams. The first floor houses the collective program, with living room, utilities and kitchen. On the second floor are the three bedrooms, the den and a home theater.

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Floor Plan

The conceptual and programmatic simplicity of the house joins a structural simplicity: a 14-pillared grid, organized in two lines, support the construction. All of the pillars are exposed with a rounded format. When the doorframes of the first floor are open, the living room becomes a free floor, totally open to the gardens – a house on pilotis. The simple architectural concept reminds of the Domino corbusian system, a type of manifestation about the free structure.

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The shape of the land allowed for a longitudinal implanting of the house with spatial permeability between the two extreme areas, with a loose canopy in the garden. The apparent architectural simplicity ends up revealing complex spaces. The veranda, which extends from the living room, becomes a central living space, with an external fireplace. The office, integrated to the living room, is delimited by a stand, free from any other element. This office is connected with the back patio, which has beautiful jabuticabeiras. On the second floor, the master bedroom and bathroom open to a beam – the roof of the veranda – and look out over the treetops that perfume the beam of the first floor.        

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The wood establishes a dialogue with the other raw material, such as the concrete, and is used as a sun filter for the bedrooms. Each piece of this brise-soleil has a triangular shape and was fixed to folding doors, able to be kept open according to the needs of the users. On the ground floor, cross-ventilation allows for excellent thermal comfort.

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The simplicity of Toblerone House surpasses the organization of the house, the solutions for environmental comfort, or even in the everyday use by the inhabitants, little surprises complete the architecture.

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Cite: "Toblerone House / studio mk27" 03 Sep 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/541949/toblerone-house-mk27> ISSN 0719-8884

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