썸머하우스의 가장 특징은 자연과의 공존을 시작으로 거주자에게 안락한 생활공간 제공과 풍부한 자연환경의 경험을 선사하는 거주공간 확보에 있다. 쌍파울로에서 120km 떨어진 해변가, 자연경관보전지역내 위치한 지리적 특징은 이곳 하우스를 설계하는 주요한 니즈로 작용한다. 자연을 최소한으로 훼손하는 소극적인 건축. 소극적인 건축이지만 거주자에게 넓고 평온한 거주환경 제공(손님 접대를 포함한 5인 가족 구성이 가능하도록) 여기에 생활공간 속 풍부한 자연환경 경험을 위한 밀착된 공간 연출. 그리하여 완성된 하우스는 3개 레벨공간에 거주환경을 구현한다. 주 생활공간인 미들레벨에 다양한 소셜활동을 보장하는 거실, 식당, 주방, 풀장을 계획하며 그 하부에 서비스 공간을 최상층에는 거주자의 개인생활을 위한 침실 등이 배치된다. 외부환경으로 사적인 생활보호를 위해 불투명한 판넬과 나일론 커튼이 겸비된 글래스로 이루어진 최상층과는 달리 미들레벨은 외부로 열린, 오픈플랜을 형성, 내외부가 밀착된 거주공간을 구현한다. 풍부한 자연환경은 눈으로만 즐기는 것이 아니라 공간으로 체험, 하나가 된다.
reviewed by SJ, 오사
Iporanga House is located in Iporanga, a condominium for summer houses on Sao Paulo’s coast, approximately 120km east from the capital. This condo is inside a very well preserved and protected area of the original Atlantic Rainforest. The exuberance of this native forest has taken the client to demand a house that occupied the minimum as possible of the ground (lot) surface. But at the same time he wanted it to be large and comfortable, and asked for 5 suites, one for the couple, one for each of his 3 sons and one for guests, which demanded not less the 400m2 to be built.
So we decided to split the program in 3 levels: a suspended volume, wood structured for the 5 suites, so they would be on the trees´ crown/top; a plan, the concrete slab elevated from the ground to support all of the program social activities, living, dining room the kitchen and the swimming pool; and underneath it, on ground level there is a small enclosed area for services. A small accommodation for a house keeper couple, a laundry and a deposit.
The wood frame volume is the “private” part of the house, therefore on the street side it is enclosed by opaque boards (made of wood and covered on both faces with a cement slab), glass panels along with a nylon curtain, and on the forest side, aluminum sliding doors opening the rooms to a common veranda.
This volume creates a shadow on the slab, and we used that shadow for the social area. This “middle” floor is almost an open space, protected on all sides by transparent temperate glass sliding panels, so the forest can be seen at all times. The intention was to minimize the difference between inner and outside space, making it work all as one integration area.
The structural concept of the house was inspired by small brook bridges typical from this litoraneal area. Rising from the foundation in humid soil, concrete columns support the Steel beans which support the wood frame. We tried to make the construction an assembling of parts more than an in loco process, concerning less waste at the building site, more agility and proper use of industrialized materials.
from contemporist