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Casa Viga
Casa Viga
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Casa Viga
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2018
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
Located in a condominium on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, the Viga house project began in a peculiar way, as there was already part of a concrete structure (foundation, floor slabs and pillars) built on the ground. The clients did not want to continue the project that gave rise to that structure, but would, on the other hand, like to take advantage of whatever was possible. We had to develop a new project based on a pre-existing structure.
Two main characteristics of the house were defined by this reality: the location more or less in the center of the 2,000.00m2 sloped plot, and the levels of the existing floors (1 lower level initially designed for a games room and 2 other main levels with a small difference of 80cm between them).
We defined, based on these premises and the solar orientation, that the house would have an intimate wing facing a 20m front garden, north facing, and a social wing facing the back 27m, with the best view, south facing. The house's garage was defined using the pre-existing lower level.
This sectorization was reinforced by the small gap between the floor slabs, with the intimate wing located on the highest level and the social wing and services on the lowest level. The two accesses to the house, the social and the private (garage) were located at opposite ends of the land, separated from the house by two walls that arise from scratch and grow as the sloping land descends. The volume is made up of two inverted triangles, one defined by the metal roof with a 15% slope and the other defined by the walls that separate the front garden from the house's entrances.
Internally, the house is characterized by large spaces, but without excessive areas. The social area is surrounded by a generous balcony, where at one end there is a barbecue area, adjacent to the house's kitchen. The owner's office located in the intimate wing has large sliding doors and when opened, it allows visual interconnection between the two gardens, the back and the front.
Completing the particularities of this project, there was a small, very precarious building at the back of the land. Instead of demolishing it, the clients requested that it be renovated into an apartment for guests. The location of this construction at the back of the land, close to neighboring buildings and at a level well below the main house, created an image of overlapping roofs.
This suggested to us the idea of recreating the typology of a small house with a gable roof, but using white metal tiles (the same used in the main house) also in the body of the construction, and not just on the roof itself. Unlike the main house, where the main openings face north and south, in this annex the glazed faces were those facing east and west, and the facades covered with tiles were those facing the main house and the rear neighbor, offering greater privacy for everyone.
Two main characteristics of the house were defined by this reality: the location more or less in the center of the 2,000.00m2 sloped plot, and the levels of the existing floors (1 lower level initially designed for a games room and 2 other main levels with a small difference of 80cm between them).
We defined, based on these premises and the solar orientation, that the house would have an intimate wing facing a 20m front garden, north facing, and a social wing facing the back 27m, with the best view, south facing. The house's garage was defined using the pre-existing lower level.
This sectorization was reinforced by the small gap between the floor slabs, with the intimate wing located on the highest level and the social wing and services on the lowest level. The two accesses to the house, the social and the private (garage) were located at opposite ends of the land, separated from the house by two walls that arise from scratch and grow as the sloping land descends. The volume is made up of two inverted triangles, one defined by the metal roof with a 15% slope and the other defined by the walls that separate the front garden from the house's entrances.
Internally, the house is characterized by large spaces, but without excessive areas. The social area is surrounded by a generous balcony, where at one end there is a barbecue area, adjacent to the house's kitchen. The owner's office located in the intimate wing has large sliding doors and when opened, it allows visual interconnection between the two gardens, the back and the front.
Completing the particularities of this project, there was a small, very precarious building at the back of the land. Instead of demolishing it, the clients requested that it be renovated into an apartment for guests. The location of this construction at the back of the land, close to neighboring buildings and at a level well below the main house, created an image of overlapping roofs.
This suggested to us the idea of recreating the typology of a small house with a gable roof, but using white metal tiles (the same used in the main house) also in the body of the construction, and not just on the roof itself. Unlike the main house, where the main openings face north and south, in this annex the glazed faces were those facing east and west, and the facades covered with tiles were those facing the main house and the rear neighbor, offering greater privacy for everyone.
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