House in Aldeia da Serra

The site’s topography has a 20% slope, which means exactly 8 m difference between lowest and highest points. A 16 m square-shaped house was spotted in a single store above the inclined topography. In such a way that it results in two equal additional useful spaces: under and over it, like a yard in the shadow and another one in the sun, places to stay outdoor either in a rainy or a sunny day. Due to the slope, from any of the three levels we can always reach the ground at the same level, even on the roof we can cross a bridge and find the ground level again.

The house structure rests on four columns. The two waffles slabs — 50 cm high including all the beams that stand each 90 cm — were made by casting premixed concrete on plastic mold. Although the structure construction has been done on spot, its process is very industrialized.

The house’s roof has a 20 cm depth pool as a reflecting pool. The water was poured when the slab had just been cast avoiding cracks due to the heating during the cure process. Also by keeping the water we also avoid cricks from sudden variation of temperature. By this way the concrete become impermeable by itself, it means free from membrane and thermal insulation.
The external walls are made in concrete and they have only 5 cm of thickness. Then, to improve its thermal performance we had to protect them with a second layer, made with pre-cast panels out of pressed wood and cement.

The side windows were made with tempered glass without frameworks, they are like a guillotine balanced with a counterweight hidden between the panel and the wall of concrete.

PUBLICATIONS:

CASA EM ALDEIA DA SERRA – ANGELO BUCCI - SPBR
elarqa / uruguai n 46 / 2003

RESIDÊNCIA BARUERI
projeto design / brasil n 282 / 2003

CASA NOVA, VIDA NOVA
v / brasil n 01 / 2003

BETÃO E VIDRO
linha / portugal / novembro de 2003

BRASILE: NUOVA ARCHITETTURA / MMBB ARQUITETOS
casabella / itália n 723 / 2004

CASA EM ALDEIA DA SERRA, SÃO PAULO
arq./a / brasil n 26 / 2004

IDEAIS AMADURECIDOS
arquitetura&construção / brasil / setembro de 2004

UMA CASA EMBAIXO D’ÁGUA
casa e jardim / brasil n 592 / 2004

DEUX MAISONS PAULISTA (BRÉSIL) – MAISON MARIANTE
d´architectures / frança n 146 / 2005

PARA SAIR DE SÃO PAULO
dicas de reforma&construção / brasil n 04 / 2005

ARQUITETURA CONTEMPORÂNEA DO BRASIL
dif / portugal n 29 / 2005

TENDENCIAS DE LA ARQUITECTURA CONTEMPORÁNEA – TEORIA Y PRAXIS – SIMPOSIO IBEROAMERICANO
ayc – arquitectura y construccion / argentina n 248 / 2005

BESIDES MENDES DA ROCHA: WHAT THE YOUNGER SÃO PAULO ARCHITECTS ARE UP TO
architectural record / eua n 07 / 2006

ALDEIA DA SERRA EVI / SPBR
betonart / turquia n 09 / 2006

ANGELO BUCCI – CASA EM ALDEIA DA SERRA
ga houses / japão n 105 / 2008

BRASILIEN AT IT´S BEST
a&e architektur & wohnen / alemanha n 04 / 2008

COM OS PÉS NO CHÃO
casa vogue / brasil n 272 / 2008

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

CASA EM ALDEIA DA SERRA – BARUERI, SP / COM MMBB
monolito / brasil / janeiro de 2011

CASAS DE VIDRO SURPREENDENTE
arquitetura&construção / brasil n 08 / ed especial

BOOKS

CASA MODERNISTA
alan hess
rizzoli / nova iorque / 2002

ARQUITETURA MODERNA BRASILEIRA
elisabetta andreoli, adrian forty (org)
phaidon press limited / londres / 2004

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

EL VIDRIO / ARQUITECTURA Y TÉCNICA
claudio vásquez zaldívar
ediciones arq / chile / 2006

CASA LATINO AMERICANE
mercedes daguerre
electa ad esempio / milão / 2006

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

ARCHITETTURA CONTEMPORANEA
renato anelli
matta architettura / milão / 2008

LATIN AMERICAN HOUSES
mercedes daguerre
pall mal / nova iorque / 2012