Project: Gama Issa House (02/2000)
Project architects: Marcio Kogan + // Oswaldo Pessano, Renata Furlanetto, Samanta Cafardo, Suzana Glogowski, Lair Reis, Carolina Castroviejo, Eduardo Glycerio, Maria Cristina Motta, Gabriel Kogan, Mariana Simas, Beatriz Meyer
Interior designers: Marcio kogan + Diana radomysler
Collaborations: Gisela Zilberman, Diana Radomysler
construction: 02/2001
Location: Alto de Pinheiros . São Paulo. Sp . Brasil
Site area: 1700 square meters
Built area: 700 square meters
Credits Photos : Arnaldo Pappalardo
This contemporary house is collaboration between Brendeland & Kristoffersen Architects and Simen Stori. The building is 120 square meters with public areas located on the first of two floors. These areas are opened to the surroundings in quite unusual way. All external walls one this floor are fully glazed. Everything other is located on the second floor which is more than usual. As the whole house it has rectangle shape with small windows on the perimeter. External walls are painted in black in order to contrast with surroundings during the winter. The interior is done mostly in natural materials like wood. Brendeland & Kristoffersen Architects
A ‘contemporary’ home built in the early eighties was thoroughly gutted. The glass-block partitions were removed and beige ‘popcorn stucco’ was scraped from almost every surface imaginable. Several major interior structural walls were reconfigured and random window alignments were given order. The result: a crisp, modern “treehouse” for a meticulous client. A sophisticated collection of large-format photography informed the new planar geometries of the interior. Minor exterior adjustments maximized light and views while respecting the overall budget.
The original home had experienced two prior renovations and was especially ripe for a design overhaul. Located in Coconut Grove, Miami’s oldest neighborhood, the home was surrounded by an lush tropical garden. The new design takes full advantage of the amazing garden views. With the photography collection in mind, only preferred northern light fills the main living gallery.
The top floor contains a spacious master suite, guest bedroom and reading loft. The main entrance to the home is on the second floor, which contains the living, dining and kitchen areas. Below is the realm of teenagers with two additional bedrooms and a den. An outside terrace was added adjacent to the living room. This new structure also serves as an airy carport below.
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The client’s brief was to create a unique and iconic home. This presented challenges as the site is situated in a fairly homogenous suburban location. As a result, the house has been designed as a series of blocks which modulate the scale and minimize the impact of the house to the surrounding areas. It consists of a series of different internal levels, which step up progressively from the street. The house is quite solid from the street and progressively opens up to be completely open to the rear. These changes in levels created an opportunity for the strongly stepped external massing as well as the complex interplay of the stairs in the central internal spaces.