Making wooden ventilation holes for a stone house
Brazilian architecture firm mf + arquitetos has designed a louvered residence in Uberlandia, Brazil.
Named Lake House, the 557-square-meter home sits in a flat landscape
and orientates a low-level dwelling with operable timber louvres to receive controlled daylight.
Design features
The single-storey house has a linear size of 36.5 metres, with a ceiling height of 2.60 meters.
The goal of the project was to create a design that sits gently on the ground and integrates with the environment.
Upon entering the property, the visitor is welcomed into the lakeside swimming pool.
A subtle sense of groundlessness transforms the brutality of this concrete block into an elegant lightness,
the proportions of which are entirely linked to the proportions of a human scale.
With a height of 2.60 meters from floor to ceiling, the architecture seems to frame the surrounding nature.
The entrance to the house is on the other side,
where you can see two more volumes covered in stone that seem to be inserted within the concrete block, one on each side.
In between, a reflecting pool with a walkway invites you into the house.
These volumes contain different functions:
One houses the two suites and the master suite’s private garden,
and the other houses the garage, laundry room, toilet, wine cellar and kitchen.
Also, when crossing the corridor,
Glass doors open completely and the large living room merges with the water mirror as well as with the lake.
The gaping open to the front and back of the land, brings nature indoors in a very intense way.
The living room also has a soft combination of materials: stone floor and walls, concrete ceiling and wood paneling.
This crisper, more welcoming combination of natural materials contrasts with textured furniture,
such as leather and linen.
While light invades the interior through rope screens,
which bring beauty and dynamism to the façade, helping to provide protection from the sun as well as privacy, when necessary.
While the house brings very pure lines throughout its extension, direct contact with nature and views,
authentic materials, brutality and softness, allowing the sensibilities to be fully felt and appreciated.
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