* Residential Architecture: Brasilia House by Isay Weinfeld

Residential Architecture: Brasilia House by Isay Weinfeld: “..Brasilia house is located in Brazil’s capital, and is named after that city. Built on a 4,110 m2 lot on the banks of Lake Paranoá, the house was placed close to the street, leaving a large garden in the back. It is essentially organized into two levels – ground floor (entertaining and service areas) and first floor (bedrooms). On the ground floor, the social areas feature double-height ceilings, and the service areas, regular-height, making space to “fit” in an intermediate level to house the servants’ quarters..The region’s climate conditions (high temperatures and low relative humidity), played a key role in deciding for a great integration between the indoors and the outdoors, and for the creation of several outdoors areas for interaction – in the open or shaded – such as the inner court, the terrace next to the living room, the long raised deck leading to the lake, and also a meal area fitted with a firewood stove and a barbecue grill..Likewise, the bedrooms open entirely onto a long common balcony, overlooking the garden and the lake..”  Cantilever, extensive glazing, abundant natural light, views; interesting materiality, interior volumes and interior decoration; indoor / outdoor sensibility..

See our posts on five other homes by Isay Weinfeld:

• Residential Architecture: Grecia House by Isay Weinfeld
• Residential Architecture: Piracicaba House by Isay Weinfeld
• Residential Architecture: Sumaré House by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto
• Residential Architecture: Yucatan House by Isay Weinfeld
• Residential Architecture: Casa d’Água House by Isay Weinfeld

image: Leonardo Finotti; article: Arthitectural

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