Box House, São Paulo Real Estate, New Latin American Building Project, Architecture Images
Box House in São Paulo
Latin American Modern Interior and Architecture, Brazil – design by FCstudio
8 Nov 2018
Box House
Architects: FCstudio
Location: São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Box House
Located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, the Box house was designed by a young architect, like a floating opaque box, to live in himself.

The main challenge was to build a corner house with two facades leaning against the neighbors, that took full advantage of the terrain and natural light, keeping privacy from the street as much as possible, and at the same time, dialogue with the volume of the existing block.

Therefore, Box House establishes three types of relationship with the immediate surrounding:
The ground floor can open fully so the tropical landscaping of the 10x20m terrain integrates into the inner space, where the boundary between inside and outside is diluted. The equilibrium is reached from the moment that the industrialized steel finds the organic vegetation in controlled proportions. It is worth mentioning that the ground floor is all free, except for the kitchen and toilet that function as a “functional island”, which separates the served and servant areas.

On the upper floor, the opposite occurs. The mutability of the façade permits be fully closed or open through mini-wave steel doors that block the direct sunlight, guarantee the privacy of the public str...