Architects:Bernardo Horta Arquiteto, Meius Arquitetura

Area :1819 ft²

Year :2017

Photographs :Daniel Mansur

Manufacturers :  GRAPHISOFT, DuPont, Arcelor Mittal, Deca, Eucafloor, Flasan, Trimble NavigationGRAPHISOFT

Lead Architects :Bernardo Horta, Giulianno Camatta, Guilherme José

Project Team : João Pedro Lacerda, Artur Lacerda, Thomaz Marcatto

Engenharia Concreto E Fundação : Alls Engenharia

Engenharia Lsf : Marília Monteiro

Landscape : Marília Monteiro

Collaborators : Maurício Laje

City : Nova Lima

Country : Brazil

The house is located in a condominium in Nova Lima, a county in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, 25 km from the capital of Minas Gerais. Its simple volume is composed of two rectangular boxes with identical dimensions and external coverings that overlap by a perpendicular design. The contrast between the construction and the presence of the landscape delimits the built space and appropriates the scenery without competing with nature, however assuming human intervention.

The green of the vegetation and the blue of the sky transform the landscape and surround the house that permeates the spaces. The large openings frame and direct the views to the surrounding preserved trees, while the vegetation ensures privacy and shadows the internal spaces. The external faces of the logical and straight design, covered with metallic corrugated tile, contrast the organic forms and materiality of nature.