"Araripe" derives from the ancient Tupi word ararype, which means "in the river of the macaws".Located in Cariri, Ceará, Tune House springs more specifically from the Chapada do Araripe, a rich region with an important paleontological site and an extensive area of protected national forest, as well as its many water springs.
The design of the house was practically based on two points: the clients' needs and desires for industrial and contemporary architecture, and the environmental guidelines of low impact on the area.
The terrain, in turn, with its steep slopes, led us to build the house mostly on pilotis, both to reduce the impact of contact with the natural ground and to free the house from problems such as infiltration.
One of the main premises linked to the implementation, in addition to those mentioned above, was to maintain the view of the city on the horizon, which takes two forms: through a large belvedere on the roof of the house, this one at sidewalk level; those arriving have an unobstructed view, their gaze has a stage for contemplation of the plateau. The other way is by framing the view from inside the house.
The Tune House floor area is distributed in a basic and lean single-family program. The swimming pool is the highlight; it is the same length as the house and is also on pilotis, with infinite edges. Although the house obeys an orthogonal rationality, a helical staircase was created in the center of the social area which, in addition to its basic function, acts as a concrete sculpture that moves between formal rigidity and behavioral fluidity, the latter the result of the relationship between the vegetation that leans over it under the zenithal light.
As for materiality, it was present in an industrial style, with concrete blocks for the fences and metal profiles with concrete slabs for the structure. The use was adopted in an entirely rational way, giving way to glass panels as a
means of natural integration.