FF HOUSE
Architects:
Studio Guilherme Torres
Local:
Londrina, Brazil
Client: FF
Area:
554m²
Year:
2006
Photographs:
Beto Consorte
The brazilian
architect Guilherme Torres shows his taste for the contemporary style in this
wide residence in Londrina, Brazil, developed for a couple with two
preadolescent children.
The concept of this
projects comprises basically four cubes. The volume covered with caramel
portuguese tiles signalizes the entrance hall and a glass window of 2x5m,
reveals the living room. All the leisure and service area are intertwined in
the ground floor volume, painted in a chocolate tone, is at the base of the
upper floor, where the intimate area is located.
Exploring the cube
concept, the aplication of coating materials subvert the traditional
employment. Both stone coverings and wood floorings were used in order to seal all
the volumes in a global way, overlaying simultaneously walls and floors. This
concept grant strenght and continuity to the building.
The choice for materials
and textures was defined at the first meeting with the owners, they wanted a
house with contemporary lines and at the same time “warm” materials with many
textures to provide cosiness. Nothing is linked with fads but a fresh look at
materials that can be found easily in the region.
What’s really special
about this house is not only the finishings, textures and materials but the
owners joy of living, that granted their “bossa” and personality in every
detail of the house, revealing a very Brazilian way of living.