This house; Casa Clara, is mainly a small house, strong personality and clear solution (clear means Clara in Portuguese). The entire house is delicately supported on the downhill terrain. The landscape have a free view from the interior, even the layout is clear, simple solution with elegant design, in some ways this house is very minimal. 

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Architects: 1:1 Arquitetura Design

Location: Brasilia - Federal District, Brazil

Authors: Eduardo Sáinz, Lilian Glayna

Area: 123.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Edgard Cesar

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From the architect. This house; Casa Clara, is mainly a small house, strong personality and clear solution (clear means Clara in Portuguese). The entire house is delicately supported on the downhill terrain. The landscape have a free view from the interior, even the layout is clear, simple solution with elegant design, in some ways this house is very minimal. 
© Edgard Cesar

The family that lives inside is also small; a couple, a child and 2 cats. The program demands are the same of most private houses; bedrooms, bathroom, open kitchen and etc. But the most important demand is the need of a very fast construction in the minimum size as possible. The result is 89 square meters in Steel Frame.  

Sketch

Casa Clara also privileges the thermal control (that is very important in Brazil, as a tropical country) the natur...