House in Carapicuiba

GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS
The most remarkable feature of the site where the house is located is its depression, in topographical terms. From the street, we cannot clearly see its ground level because the ground surface falls abruptly into a little valley and woods: a stage 6 m below.

PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS
The program joins two different purposes: a house and an office, it is a place to both live and work. Although these two functions share the same space, it is as separate as possible.

PROJECT PROPOSITION
The different levels offered by the site were utilized to arrange the two main programs.

The street level was kept free of any enclosed space, it is a kind of “pilotis” with two different areas: the first one is on the ground, very close to the street, and the other one is aerial, as a roof terrace over the building. A bridge, made of steel, connects these two areas. The only entrance to the building is the bridge with its steel grid floor that leads over the open space: downstairs to the house or upstairs to the office.

The house is divided into two levels, both below the street level. Its spaces are integrated with the woods, valley, gardens, and pool located at the ground level. The house incorporates the outside nature indoors: a sliding glass door opens the living room into the terrace,creating one large space. The bedroom and the patios can also be integrated at the lower level.

From the street level, the office is located upstairs. Its dimensions, 3 m wide and 25 m long, making it look like a tube open at both extremities. Therefore, the windows offer new views: more landscape than patios, and more panoramic than an intimate space.

The “tube” only rests over two columns. Reinforced concrete supports the whole building. Besides its materials, concrete and glass, this house is essentially designed based on the site’s geography and landscape. So few elements mean more concentration on the required work during its construction process. It makes it easier to control the budget and it help us focus on the necessary steps to build the house.

PUBLICATIONS:

SPBR ARQUITETOS / HOUSE IN CARAPICUIBA
ga houses / japão n 80 / 2004

ARQUITETURA HOHE II: URBIS ET ORBIS
arc design / brasil n 34 / 2004

SPBR ARQUITETOS ; HOUSE IN CARAPICUIBA
ga houses / japão n 106 / 2008

RESIDÊNCIA, CARAPICUIBA, SÃO PAULO
projeto design / brasil n 342 / 2008

CASA TÉRREA – OFICINA AÉREA
summa+ / argentina n 98 / 2008

TUBE HOUSE BY ANGELO BUCCI & ALVARO PUNTONI
numéro / japão n 23 / 2009

CASA EM CARAPICUIBA – ANGELO BUCCI Y ALVARO PUNTONI (SPBR ARQUITETOS)
coleção 30+60 cuaderno latino-americano de arquitectura / espanha n 01 / 2009

SOBRE O VAZIO QUE PREENCHE
au / brasil n 178 / 2009

GRUPO SP / ANGELO BUCCI + ALVARO PUNTONI
arquine / méxico n 49 / 2009

BRASILIEN – JUNGLE FEVER
rum interior design / dinamarca n 04 / 2010

TIEF GESTAPELT IN DEN TROPEN
hauser / alemanha n 03 / 2010

SPBR ARQUITETOS / CASA E UFFICIO A CARAPICUIBA, SAN PAOLO
l’industria dele costruzioni / itália n 416 / 2010

SPBR ARQUITECTOS – CASA EM CARAPICUIBA, SÃO PAULO
arq./a / portugal n 86 / 2010

CASA EM CARAPICUIBA SÃO PAULO, BRASIL
temas de arquitectura / espanha n 11 / 2010

AS CASAS BAILARINAS DE ANGELO BUCCI
opus one / brasil n 05 / 2010

MENOS É MAIS
ensaio fotográfico / brasil n 35 / 2010

CASA EM CARAPICUIBA – BRASIL
entre rayas / brasil n 85 / 2010

HOUSE IN CARAPICUIBA
c3 / coreia n 303 / 2011

HOUSE IN CARAPICUIBA – SPBR ARQUITETOS
area / itália n 114 / 2011

CASA DE CARAPICUIBA
monolito / brasil / janeiro de 2011

DESTAQUE RESIDÊNCIAS ANOS ‘OO: O TÚMULO DO SAMBA
projeto design / brasil n 371 / 2011

CARAPICUIVA EVI / SPBR
betonart / turquia n 32 / 2012

CASA EM CARAPICUIBA – HOUSE IN CARAPICUIBA
coleccion casas internacional / argentina n 141 / 2013

Livros

CASA MODERNISTA
alan hess
rizzoli / nova iorque / 2002

AINDA MODERNO? – ARQUITETURA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA
lauro cavalcanti, andré corrêa lago
ed nova fronteira / rio de janeiro / 2005

COLETIVO: 36 PROJETOS DE ARQUITETURA PAULISTA CONTEMPORÂNEA
ana vaz milheiro, ana luiza nobre, guilherme wisnik
ed cosac naify / são paulo / 2006

CASAS BRASILEIRAS – BRASILIAN HOUSES
roberto segre
ed viana & mosley / rio de janeiro / 2010

FORMA Y MATERIA: UM MAPA DE LA ARQUITECTURA LATINOAMERICANA CONTEMPORÁNEA
griselda bertoni
ediciones unl / argentina / 2012