The physical connection of human nature and shelter with the surrounding nature

He is a great architect from São Paulo that we admire Pedro Paulo de Melo Saraiva And he would always say whenever he had the chance That the structure is an expression of architecture And in some way we try to incorporate this principle into our work To make these spaces truly generous and for the architecture to be relevant Every new moment when we have a new demand we try in some way to understand and intervene responsibly I think that's the big issue The landscape is a very strong element in the work we do And if it doesn't exist we try to create a landscape which in fact is relevant to the people who will live in these spaces So we are always putting it in context Checking the topography the context the information we have which in some way can help us take the initial step In our profession it's called the Architectural Party So wherever we go we try to take photos Try to fly a drone look around take a walk see what we can extract and start investigating from there How people interact with the landscape each landscape has a context the projects are unique to that place It's as if they were doing and belonging to that territory And from there truly having that diversity in the proposal Always striving to make the space the protagonist and the landscape also be grand so to speak The land has a configuration a land that has a significant slope I think it's almost seven meters from one end to the other And the people in a certain mood wanted to appropriate it and make the house inserted in this context If it could be integrated into this topography and this terrain So it is a project from a conceptual point of view relatively simple because the people worked with a semi-buried structure where they basically combine the service functions The subsequent structures that we have the social part and on the upper floor the private part So from a conceptual point of view People basically have two large concrete bases and a metal piece supported on these two large concrete bases They are almost 15 meters apart So there is a lot of simplicity We seek in our work Achieving this simplicity from the perspective of architecture configuration but it has a certain complexity from the structural perspective There is no lack of connection between architecture and structure We design structure in our work E for this space to truly be a free space that there be visual permeability that we can truly achieve a great spatial integration We try therefore to explore some structural aspects that would actually enable us to create such spaces Then we have a span of practically 11 meters here without any kind of interruption The very metal structure that spans a 15-meter gap It's a metal truss that we thought of initially E of course also has a balance on the other hand of about 7.5 meters Then it's a bold but measured move because it is within the guidelines of a good structure Then we have a balance Yes But in the balance of the structure which he protects on the other side That he is stuck on the other side is not such an intense stress on the structure Then we can achieve this balance without demanding much from the structure and the architecture remains harmonious What we considered right from the beginning And that the entrance to the house the ideal spot for us really would be in the middle A median budget to achieve an interesting result The very configuration of the terrain made us coordinate One of the structures namely social leisure in the area where the land expands Then we have practically a large prism where the social living areas that is where people gather face a preserved forest Then it's a very generous area and by opening all the windows we have a lot of visual permeability Then this first block in concrete terms houses these social functions of reception integration and family social life The previous block houses service activities both connected by stairs leading to the private area One interesting thing is that the client never comes up with another idea So if the client gives us the freedom to propose This is the case here I think it's very nice we can go further and achieve interesting results They had another completely different idea for the house they hadn't even realized they could have that idea It is great to see people using the land as a primary source And the final result was very interesting