Pier House, Paraty Building Project, Residence in Brazil, Home Design Photos, Property Image
Pier House Brazil : Paraty Architecture
Lakeside Residence in Paraty, Brasil, South America – design by Gabriel Grinspum, Mariana Simas
page updated 30 Jul 2016 ; 2 Dec 2009
Pier House in Paraty
Location: Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
Date built: 2009
Arquitetos: Gabriel Grinspum / Mariana Simas
The “pier house” was built to house a sailboat during the week and its owners during the weekends. The alternate usage was suggested by the clients, a young couple from São Paulo.
The proposal was to divide the house in two volumes. The first one is a solid box covered with whitewash, and its “muxarabi” windows filter the light and allow permanent ventilation. It is the result of the region’s typical construction method, a legacy from colonial times. The second one was constructed with metal tile and pre-fabricated wood structure. This building has profited from the construction’s industrialization in order to dispense the building site and thus avoid the environmental impact.
The house situation in the site has been defined by two premises: the need for proximity to water in order to the boat to enter and preserve the dense vegetation of rainforest. The site is in the Saco do Mamanguá, RJ, a tropical fjord accessible only by boat without power, the very archetype of lost paradise. In this context, the house is pier together the idea of the “noble savage” with modern “eulogy of the machine”. Like a sailboat, poetic symbol of harmony between nature and human condition and, currently, subject of an ultra-sophisticated and green design, the pier house is the house of the “natural man” that makes use of sustainable benefits of technological advance.
Pier House Paraty – Building Information
project > pier house
location> saco do mamanguá. paraty. RJ
project > jul 2007
conclusion > jul 2009
site plan area > 4000 m²
builted area > 60 m²
architecture
author > gabriel grinspum . mariana simas
trainee > isabel sperry
tel > 55 11 8299 4099 email > gabriel.grinspum(at)gmail.com
address > rua fidalga, 163. Casa 2. 05432-070. Sô Paulo. SP. Brasil
credit
photographer > pedro vannucchi : tel > 55 11 8187 0788 email > pedro(at)pedrovannucchi.com
general contractor > luciênio costa
metal tile > perfilor
joinery > esquadrias e móveis da manqueira
Pier House São Paulo images / information from Mariana Simas
Location: Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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