White House, Contemporary Sao Paolo Residence, Brazilian Residential Building, Architecture Images

White House in São Sebastião

Modern Residence and pool in Brasil design by studio mk27, architects

31 Aug 2016

White House São Sebastião

Architecture: studio mk27

Location: São Sebastião, SP, Brazil

White House, São Paulo

Comfort and building maintenance throughout the years are two fundamental aspects for houses built in tropical areas next to the sea, where the high temperatures and the effect of the sea air determine the extreme local conditions. The White House project, located on a beautiful Brazilian beach, on the northern coast of São Paulo, made these questions as determinant to organize the plan and for the selection of materials to be used.

All of the ambients have floor-ceiling window frames – in the spans, like true walls of sliding glass – to create a pleasant thermal sensation and blur the division between interior and exterior. In the living room on the ground floor, for example, 3.0 X 2.5 glass doors are built into the walls and integrate the indoor space with the balcony,,in this way creating cross ventilation with the aim of reducing the room temperature. In this same space, wooden perforated doors – like large muxarabis – shade the interior without blocking the breeze.

On the ground floor we find the entire social area of the house, even the kitchen which faces one of the side gardens. The first floor, in turn, houses the bedrooms. And lastly, there is a terrace garden with deck on the roof – accessible by a flight of stairs protected by a hatch door.

Warm materials are meshed into the metal brises, shading the room on the upper volume. The combination of the wood, concrete and white aluminum (resistant to the effects of the sea air) end up creating, in the architecture of this house a tropical minimalism, with great influence of Brazilian modernism.

White House – Building Information

Location: São Sebastião, SP, Brazil
Project: April 2010
Completion: December 2014
Site area: 590 sqm
Built area: 492 sqm

Architecture: studio mk27
Architect: Marcio Kogan
Co-architect: Eduardo Chalabi
Interiors: Diana Radomysler
Project Team: Eline Ostyn, Maria Julia Herklotz, Laura Guedes, Mariana Ruzante Mariana Simas, Oswaldo Pessano, Ricardo Ariza
Landscape designer: Passe_ar Verde Paisagismo
Structure engineer: Benedicts Engenharia, Eng. Eduardo Duprat
Contractor: Costrulito, Eng. Ricardo Peters