The LR house was built on a sloping plot, surrounded by neighboring lots on both sides. The project sought to privilege the powerful visual range of the landscape that unfolds from the east face, opposite to the main access road.
Guilherme Torres accompanied the young couple from the purchase of the lot – a 463m2 house, built in the 80’s at the heart of a traditional neighbourhood of São Paulo – to the final steps in the remodelling of the house.
The building, possibly from the late 1950s, although it was located in a central region of the city, it was built in a leafy neighborhood, presented a mix of styles, arising from successive extensions and renovations, but had the ideal area.
The MJE House is located on a steep slope, dialoguing with the spectacular view of the horizon, lake, and surrounding mountain landscape. Seeking to occupy the land horizontally, we started from the creation of an architecture with only one floor, which subtly interacted with the existing landscape.
Planned for a couple of young doctors, Tangerine House is a 220 m2 residence lodged in an elongated and narrow plot, surrounded by neighbors, in the Alto da Lapa neighborhood in São Paulo.
The architectural design conceived for the CL House, that would house a young couple, seeks to highlight the magnificent views of the lake and forest reserve present in the implantation site.
Project: PM Studio Apartment Project leader and designer: Atelier PECLAT+CHOW Location: Itaim Bibi, São Paulo, Brazil Project size: 55 m2 Site size: 55 m2 Completion date 2021 Photo Credits: Luiza Maraschin Courtesy of Atelier PECLAT+CHOW A well succeeded and low profile chic young couple approached us with a challenging task, to rethink a floor plan
Located in the state of Sao Paulo’s countryside, the House of Trees was developed for a couple and their young daughter, who relocated from the capital seeking to enjoy a greater quality of life and host family and friends on the weekends and holidays.
Dwelling implies movement and stillness. In this house, we wanted to give the same hierarchy to both the places of passage and those of permanence, arranged around or through different patios and gardens.
In the renovation project for this 770m2 duplex apartment in São Paulo, we sought to meet the residents’ desire to have the main rooms integrated, visually permeable, and connected.
Bela Vista House is the result of the intersections between apparently divergent housing types: a patio house laid out in a square plan; and superimposed linear blocks inserted in the topography by carefully located retaining walls.
The Yellowbrick House – made for a couple with two kids – is inserted on a terrain with two sides facing an extensive preservation area in Alphaville, São Paulo.
