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Architects: Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados
- Area: 170 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Kenzo Harada, Metaltec Esquadrias, Terral Serralheria
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Professionals: Gabriella Ornaghi Arquitetura da Paisagem, Megalos Engenharia
Mipibu House / Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados
Houses with Side Patios: Bountiful Natural Light and Ventilation
Patios and gardens play a crucial role in a project's planning and layout. In some instances, they serve as organizing elements while in others, they improve the quality of life in a space by providing light, ventilation, and a connection to the outdoors while maintaining the privacy of the inhabitants.
Brick in Latin American Architecture: Hospitals and Health Centers
The focus of buildings should ultimately be the well-being of the people using them. When we think of our experiences in hospitals, clinics, the dentist's office, and other medical facilities, the feeling is rarely pleasant. Perhaps it's the smells, the dull, monotone colors, or the sound of medical gadgets working away on some unlucky patient.
Apartment AMRA7 / Piratininga Arquitetos Associados + Bruno Rossi Arquitetos
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Architects: Bruno Rossi Arquitetos, Piratininga Arquitetos Associados
- Area: 3444 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Araucária, Dalle Piagge, Deca, Lumini, Max fer, +3
NH House / Atelier Daniel Corsi + Dani Hirano
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Architects: Atelier Daniel Corsi, Dani Hirano
- Area: 4154 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Atlas Concorde, Assoalho São Miguel, Clami, Concrefit, Deca, +13
OZ House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados
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Architects: Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Ananda, Day Brasil, Induparket
Gym and Snack bar Module / DMDV arquitetos
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Architects: DMDV arquitetos
- Area: 6000 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Arkos, Hunter Douglas
Conviver Space / DMDV arquitetos
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Architects: DMDV arquitetos
- Area: 1150 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Arkos, Hunter Douglas
Possibilities of Forms for Molding Exposed Concrete
Peter Zumthor, in one of his most emblematic works, gives concrete an almost sacred dimension. The work in question is the small Bruder Klaus Field Chapel, located in a small village in Germany, a construction that is both robust and sensitive. Built with white cement, which was mixed with stones and sand from the region, the chapel is composed of 24 layers of concrete that were poured day after day by local labor, and compressed in an unusual way. The building's flat and smooth exterior contrasts with its interior, which was initially made of inclined wooden logs forming a triangular void. To remove these internal forms, the logs were set on fire in a controlled process, reducing them to ash and creating a carbonized interior that varied between black and gray and retained the texture of the negatives of the logs. The result is a masterpiece of architecture, a space for reflection and transformation, in which the same material appears in diametrically opposing ways.
Emergency Public Hospital in São Bernardo do Campo / SPBR Arquitetos
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Architects: ARQLAB, SPBR Arquitetos, [sic] arquitetura
- Area: 234998 ft²
- Year: 2016
Rio Bonito House / Carla Juaçaba
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Architects: Carla Juaçaba
- Area: 70 m²
- Year: 2005
House in Jardim Europa / SPBR Arquitetos
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Architects: SPBR Arquitetos
- Area: 372 m²
- Year: 2017
Spotlight: Christian de Portzamparc
Born on the 5th of May 1944 in what was at the time the French Protectorate of Morocco, French architect Christian de Portzamparc had doubts about continuing with architecture while studying in the 1960s, questioning modernist ideals and the discipline's lack of freedom compared to art. Instead, he spent a decade attempting to understand the role of architecture, before returning triumphantly with a new model of iterative urban design that emphasized open neighborhoods based around landmark "poles of attraction" and a varied series of high-profile commissions that combine a sense of purpose and place.
T.R. House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados
MCC House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados
Architectural Modules for Service Areas / DMDV arquitetos
Cross Ventilation, the Chimney Effect and Other Concepts of Natural Ventilation
Nothing is more rational than using the wind, a natural, free, renewable and healthy resource, to improve the thermal comfort of our projects. The awareness of the finiteness of the resources and the demand for the reduction in the energy consumption has removed air-conditioning systems as the protagonist of any project. Architects and engineers are turning to this more passive system to improve thermal comfort. It is evident that there are extreme climates in which there is no escape, or else the use of artificial systems, but in a large part of the terrestrial surface it is possible to provide a pleasant flow of air through the environments by means of passive systems, especially if the actions are considered during the project stage.
This is a highly complex theme, but we have approached some of the concepts exemplifying them with built projects. A series of ventilation systems can help in the projects: natural cross ventilation, natural induced ventilation, chimney effect and evaporative cooling, which combined with the correct use of constructive elements allows improvement in thermal comfort and decrease in energy consumption.
TRD House / Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos
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Architects: Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos
- Area: 16146 ft²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Chaos Group, Artecor, Construflama, Lumini, +7