Tesche House is located in a residential condominium with large lands in the south of Brazil. The owner had bought the land with a small weekend house, which was demolished to build his permanent home, on a different scale and adapted to his real needs.
The sloping terrain and the obligatory setbacks would naturally guarantee a certain prominence for the building in the context, which was designed to be located in the same place as the original house, on the top, with a leisure patio in the background. One of the main requests was for the composition to have a prominent roof, with eaves, but without looking like a traditional house; this premise was therefore used to start the project.
Thus, an extensive slab dominates the composition, under which the various elements of the program are arranged. In the composition of the floor plan, a diagonal axis gives a certain dynamism to the space, unveiling the pool and the landscape on the sinuous back terrace. In terms of architectural expression, the aim was to give the project a moderately rustic character, given that it is a country house.
One of the technical challenges was the structural design of the upper slab, especially the cantilever, formed by the southeast corner, which shelters the cars. Three independent double columns support the front edge of the slab, to which part of the volume of the fireplace is structurally added.
Based on certain principles of modern architecture, this residence was designed to look like it had always belonged to that context, to those green fields.