Marília House / Eloísa Balieiro Ikeda arquitetura

Andreas Luco — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

The house is located on the slope of a valley, just over 100 meters from a stream and 200 meters from its headwaters, on a plot with a constant 8% slope. The view of the sunset, looking downstream, was one of the initial design premises. At the same time, because the city is quite hot, it was not possible to have large windows facing this forested valley landscape. Therefore, a transition space was chosen—the veranda—with a low cantilevered roof that allows views of the sunset from 5:00 PM or 6:00 PM onward, without letting direct sunlight enter the house prior to that time. Reinforced concrete and masonry walls, with few openings on the northwest and southwest facades, prevent the house from heating up during the hottest hours of the day. Thermal comfort was also addressed through the design of narrow, linear openings at the top and bottom along the bedroom corridor, which promote natural ventilation.

Logbook, from Bogotá to Medellín: Latin American River Landscapes

Eloísa Balieiro Ikeda — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Traveling to Colombia, as a Brazilian, felt like recognizing a sister country. Over the course of a month, as a participant in the Field Stations workshop, I recorded personal perspectives of my impressions of the places visited. The theme is the river landscape, and the records carry the fragility and subjectivity of a logbook. The desire to share them is driven by the desire to express this sense of identification, showing how I saw similarities between us—problems, complexities, and beauties—as well as the clear recognition that we would be stronger together. It envisions the idea of eliminating the invisible borders that separate us and uniting peoples divided by colonizers.

Photographer: Eloísa Balieiro Ikeda | ArchDaily

Marília House / Eloísa Balieiro Ikeda arquitetura

Logbook, from Bogotá to Medellín: Latin American River Landscapes