Box House / Flavio Castro
The Box house, located in a residential neighborhood of low verticalization in the city of São Paulo, was designed for a young architect, to himself. The size of the ground (20 x 10m) corner, directed the implementation where all the openings are located in two of the four facades. Zenith openings and the inner patio illuminate the environments that are located on the other two facades.
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Architects: FCstudio
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Author: Flávio Castro
Team: Flávio Castro, Flávia Marques
Area: 240.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Pedro Kok
Collaborators: Rossin + Tramontina, Useaço, Estudio Bola
© Pedro Kok
Text description provided by the architects. The Box house, located in a residential neighborhood of low verticalization in the city of São Paulo, was designed for a young architect, to himself. The size of the ground (20 x 10m) corner, directed the implementation where all the openings are located in two of the four facades. Zenith openings and the inner patio illuminate the environments that are located on the other two facades.
© Pedro Kok
Ground Floor Plan
© Pedro Kok
From the street, the house emerges behind the wall like an opaque box with no openings. This was intentional because the discretion generates more security (the reality of the city). As you pass through the front g...
© Pedro Kok
Architects: FCstudio
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Author: Flávio Castro
Team: Flávio Castro, Flávia Marques
Area: 240.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Pedro Kok
Collaborators: Rossin + Tramontina, Useaço, Estudio Bola
© Pedro Kok
Text description provided by the architects. The Box house, located in a residential neighborhood of low verticalization in the city of São Paulo, was designed for a young architect, to himself. The size of the ground (20 x 10m) corner, directed the implementation where all the openings are located in two of the four facades. Zenith openings and the inner patio illuminate the environments that are located on the other two facades.
© Pedro Kok
Ground Floor Plan
© Pedro Kok
From the street, the house emerges behind the wall like an opaque box with no openings. This was intentional because the discretion generates more security (the reality of the city). As you pass through the front g...
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