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Description submitted by the project team. Located in a condominium of country houses in the interior of São Paulo, the F3 Residence was implemented on a rectangular plot of land with a steep slope.
To overcome this slope gently and adapt the house to the natural profile of the land, we chose to set back the main volume of the house towards the central part of the land, creating a large front garden that overcomes part of the slope and provides a welcoming access to the main entrance.
In this sense, the ground floor of the project is a few meters below street level and houses the entire social area of the house, the garage, the service area, the kitchen, the games room and the pool. The service area and the garage are separated from the main body of the house, on the front left side of the land following the slope so that they are completely hidden under a green roof that blends into the garden. The social areas, such as the living room, dining room and balcony, are located in the central part of the plot and are completely glazed, allowing full interaction with the garden and the view. The front garden and wooden shutters on the façade help ensure privacy from the street, as well as providing an incredible view into the living room.
The program of the house was designed for the vacation use of a large family, with grandparents, children and grandchildren. To accommodate the whole family and guests, we chose to create an upper floor with seven suites and a cinema room, leaving the intimate area separate and the lower floor more open with open garden areas.
The architectural style of the project is contemporary, with a predominance of straight lines, large openings, integrated spaces and a lot of connection between the internal and external environments through large glass panels in strategic positions to enhance the views of the garden. The chosen finishes prioritize natural materials such as tauari wood, Itaúnas granite and moledo stone, elements that provide warmth in contrast to more industrial materials such as aluminum frames, glass and black ACM berais.
In the outdoor area, a spacious granite terrace connects the balcony with the pool that slopes towards the view with its infinity edge. The pool has a more rectangular portion with a shallow end and spa closer to the terrace, and a side lane extends into the house to access to the locker room and sauna. A large milled stone wall provides all the privacy with respect to the neighboring side for the social area of the house, in addition to being the structural base that supports the large free span of the balcony of approximately 14 meters in length.
To allow this visual lightness and the large openings in the social area of the lower floor, the upper floor was executed in a steel structure, providing greater structural lightness and taking advantage of the good thermal-acoustic and sustainable characteristics of this construction method.
