Catuçaba House is located over the valley of Catuçaba, Brazil, at an altitude of 1,500 meters, touching the ground with its wooden pillars while diminishing the footprint. This local house designed by Brazilian architecture practice Studio MK27 and completed in 2016, presenting a very narrow wooden facade and long structure within a rich vegetation of São Paulo. 

The house has a strong relationship with the local nature, abundant throughout most of the year. That allow for autonomy in the house to produce its own energy. The main premise of the project is to make energy consumption efficient while simultaneously offer comfort to the user, beginning with the simplicity of contact with the local nature. 

It's FSC wooden pre-fab structure, to the point that it remains supported on the land through some pillars, without directly touching the ground, responds well to the necessity of building on a rugged piece of land, far from the city and difficult access. On this, the external ground is a deck also made in certified wood and the internal floor is clay brick made from the local soil. 

The house is made from the same soil. The divisors of the house are wood frames with woollen installation of PET which makes it an environmentally correct house. Frames with double windows guarantee the comfort and ventilation. 

The roof is a wooden platform with vegetation which integrates the house with its surroundings rue composing the area of the land shaded by it. In the vast landscape, the house create a link between that which is built and that which is natural. 

Project Facts

Architect: Studio MK27 / Marcio Kogan 

Co-architect: Lair Reis

Location: Catuçaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Team: Flavia Maritan, Mariana Simas, Oswaldo Pessano

All images © Fernando Guerra

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