The residence located in Piracaia, near São Paulo, is a project signed by Nitsche Arquitetos. The house was developed from a cut in the large terrain of 36,600 m² with constant slope of 13%, providing the insertion of a concrete basement that houses garage, services and technical areas. On this basis the social and intimate areas of the house develop on a unique, elevated level of natural terrain. The metal structure is guided by seventeen 3,80 m modules that sometimes define a room, sometimes house two bathrooms, and sometimes unite in larger spaces such as the covered porch and dining and living rooms.
The large two-layer sandwich metal roof settles over this structure, defining different heights for the environments and allowing ventilation over the interior lining, where pre painted MDF and wooden beams form the structure. Bedrooms and bathrooms are protected by wooden mashrabiyas that constitute bays in front of the bathrooms and the panel folding doors in the rooms. In the rooms the double height ceiling is guaranteed by the insertion of alveolar polycarbonate panels between the spans of the metal structure.
Large sliding glass doors allow the living rooms and kitchen to blend in with the covered area, blurring the boundaries between inside and outside, which the house insists to disrupt, either by the infinity edge pool that visually unites with the dam, where the plot ends. A large covered free standing space connects intimate and social areas allowing the landscape to cross the house.
Project Sheets
Project: Piracaia Residence
Location: Piracaia, São Paulo, Brazil
Land Area: 36,600 m²
Building area: 1,400 m²
Covered area: 1,400 m² (860 m² Ground floor / 300 m² Lower / 240 m² Home)
Floor area: 1,440 m²
Internal area: 495 m²
Architecture Team: Nitsche Arquitetos
Authors: Lua Nitsche and Pedro Nitsche / Coordinator: André Scarpa / Collaborators: Ari Miaciro Correia, Rodrigo Tamburus, Rosario Borges de Pinho and Tiago Kuniyoshi /
Intern: Guilherme Bravin
Project Structure: Eng. Miguel Maratá - Teixeira Trigo Ltda
Hydraulic and Electrical Installations
Project: Marcelo Zamaro
Climate Control: Logitec
Furniture: Nitsche Furniture
Lighting Technician: Ricardo Heder - Lux Projetos
Landscaping: Juliana do Val - Gaia Projects
Construction: Fairbanks | Pilnik - Eng. Walquíria Freitas, Eng. Bruno Todesco and Eng. Graziela Russano
Teacher: Raimundo Gregório Machado
Frames: Arteal
Coverage: Panisol
Crockery and Metals: Deca
Wet Sauna: Leisure Saunas
Cellar: B'Block
Curtains: Finishing Touch
Awnings, Blackouts and Sunscreens: Uniflex
Kitchen & Countertops: Securit
Pillows: Alba Barbosa
Light Fixtures: Reka
Mattresses: Center Mattresses
Muxarabis: Plancus
Cobblestone: Capricorn Stones
Countertops: Clodomar
Hydraulic Tile: Tile
Garage floor: Concresteel
Internal wood flooring: Pau-Pau wood and JJ Batista Carpentaria installation
Ceramic Tile: Portobello
Outer coating: Viroc
Metal Structure and Locksmiths: Plasmont
Doors: Russian Furniture
Joinery (furniture): E.M. Joinery
Iron Tables: Janos Biezok
Complementary furniture: Estudiobola, Micasa and Carlos Motta
Barbecue, griddle, fireplace and pizza oven: Construflama
Concrete furniture: TopSeal and Theobaldo Bremenkamp
Deck: Pillon
Audio and Video: D'Ávila
Automation: GF Lighting
