The points that were most decisive for the development of the project were: the steep slope of the land, the beautiful view to the horizon and the limited budget of the clients. Usually terrain with steep slopes generates higher costs in the works due to the need of retaining walls, but since we had a budget limit, we tried to take full advantage of the natural terrain profile, in order to avoid large structural reinforcements that generate high costs. Thus, the house has an inverted concept, the main access is through the upper floor of the house, in which are distributed in a fully integrated social environments and service area, this floor is covered by a light black metallic cover.

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Architects: Belluzzo Martinhao Arquitetos

Location: Granja Viana, Brazil
Responsible Architects: Gustavo Martinhão, Marcella Belluzzo

Team: Barbara Reis

Area: 2690.98 ft2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Mariana Orsi

Landscape Design: Claudia Fernandes

Structure: Tetric Engenharia ? Engenheiro Rodrigo Sgambatti

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Text description provided by the architects. The points that were most decisive for the development of the project were: the steep slope of the land, the beautiful view to the horizon and the limited budget of the clients. Usually terrain with steep slopes generates higher costs in the works due to the need of retaining walls, but since we ha...