桑加利住宅丨巴西圣保罗丨Raiz Arquitetura

Sangali Residence sits in Riviera de São Lourenço, Brazil, where Raiz Arquitetura designs the 2021 house as a coastal retreat for a family newly based in São Paulo. Set on a generous site and arranged in an L-shaped block, the project balances privacy at the street with open, sunlit leisure spaces deeper within the lot.

About Sangali Residence

Sangali Residence takes shape as a beach house that puts climate, privacy, and family use at the center of the plan. In Riviera de São Lourenço, on the coast of São Paulo, Raiz Arquitetura lays out the residence as an L-shaped block on a site of approximately 1,098 square meters, using the building itself to define how the outdoor areas are experienced.

The house is designed for a couple from southern Brazil who recently moved to São Paulo and wanted a coastal home that could serve the wider family as well as visiting relatives and friends. That brief gives the project a clear practical focus: spaces for leisure and rest, a protected social core, and a layout that supports both daily comfort and larger gatherings.

The siting is one of the project’s most direct moves. Facing east and north, the plot allows the residence block to act as a barrier to the western sun, while opening the leisure, sport, and rest areas to morning light and winter sun. At the same time, the front facade is developed to preserve privacy, keeping the interior from being exposed to the street.

Inside, the design follows three stated priorities: integration between indoors and outdoors, functionality, and a sense of coziness. The social areas benefit from high ceilings, large openings, and expansive glass frames, which bring natural light deep into the interior and reinforce the feeling of amplitude. Rather than relying on heavy furnishings, the interiors are composed with light, clean, slim pieces, supporting an atmosphere of ease suited to a beach residence.

The upper floor holds the private areas, including a master suite that stands out for both its arrangement and outlook. The bedroom connects to a large closet integrated with the bathroom, and opens to an isolated balcony. From there, the couple looks over the leisure area and toward the natural forest around the house, extending the sense of retreat without disconnecting from the rest of the property.

Outdoors, the pool zone introduces the project’s most emphatic structural gesture. An exposed concrete portico, spanning approximately 11 meters (36 feet), shelters the gym, sauna, Zen area, and part of the pool. The sauna is enclosed in glass, preserving views toward the Atlantic Forest at the rear of the lot, while a shaded area offers cover during the hottest hours of the day.

What remains most convincing here is the discipline of the layout. Sangali Residence does not rely on excess. It uses orientation, enclosure, and a few clear architectural moves to make a family beach house that is both protected and open.