Contemporary Architecture of Iporanga House integration of Nature

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Contemporary Architecture of Iporanga House

• Architectural Elegance :

Project : Iporanga House

Location : Iporanga, Sao Paulo’s coast, Brazil

Design for : One couple, 3 sons and One guests

Architect : Nitsche Arquitetos Associados

Size : 400m2 built up area approx

Floor : 3 levels

• Design Considerations :

1. Iporanga House ground floor there is a small enclosed area for services. A small accommodation for a house keeper couple, a laundry and a deposit.
2. Design of the Iporanga House first floor created to support all the program social activities, living, dining room the kitchen and the swimming pool.
3. The wood frame space is the “private” part of the Iporanga House, so, the street side is enclosed by opaque boards ( of wood and covered on both faces with a concrete slab), glass panels along with a nylon curtain.
4. On the forest side,  we create aluminum sliding doors opening for rooms to a common veranda.
5. This volume creates a shadow on the slab, and we used that shadow for the social area.
6. This floor is almost an open space, protected on all sides by transparent temperate glass sliding panels, so the forest can be seen at all times.
7. The intention was to decrease the difference between inner and outside space of Iporanga House, making it work all as one integration area.
8. The structural concept of the Iporanga House was inspired by small brook bridges typical from this litoraneal area.
9. The foundation in humid soil, concrete columns support the Steel beans which support the wood frame.
10. We tried to make the construction an assembling of parts more than an in loco process, about less waste at the building site, more agility and proper use of industrialized materials.

11. We can see some interesting perspectives of Contemporary Architecture of Iporanga House :

Ref : Nitsche Arquitetos Associados, Photography by Nelson Kon.