RT Residence / Jacobsen Arquitetura

Architects: Jacobsen Arquitetura
Location: Laranjeiras – RJ, Brasil
Project Architects: Paulo Jacobsen, Bernardo Jacobsen
Project Team: Edgar Murata, Jaime Cunha Jr, Christian Rojas, Veridiana Ruzzante
Project Area: 470.0 m2
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Pedro Kok

Interiors: Eza Viegas (Jacobsen Arquitetura)
Interior Design Team: Heloísa Zarpelon, Isabel Benoliel, Caroline de Oliveira
Landscape: Renata Tilli
Lighting: Lightworks
Electrical: GRAU Engenharia
Hvac: GRAU Engenharia
Audio And Video: Home System
Roof: Oscar Massao Kawaguti
Wood Framing: Oficina de Marcenaria
Structure: EDATEC Engenharia
Construction: SC Consult / Paraty Engenharia
Site Area: 1000 m²
Suppliers: Esquadrias de madeira e madeira carbonizada: Oficina de Marcenaria; Telhado: Oscar Massao Kawaguti; Tapetes: By Kami; Cortinas: Uniflex; Luminárias: FAZ, Lumini, La Lampe e Lightworks; Mobiliário: Etel Interiores, Casual Exteriores, Claudia Moreira Salles, Atelier Hugo França, Dpot, La Novita, Atrium; Pedras: Palimanan (pedra piscina); Mármores: Palácio dos Mármores; Vidros: ArtCor; Metais para banheiro: Metalbagno; Louças: Deca/ Metalbagno; Tecidos: JRJ, Wallpaper; Marcenaria: Tora Tora

From the architect. The conceptual aim of this project was to develop a house with two floors that visually appeared buried. For that, we raised the main level of he house 1.5 m, creating a lower, half buried level, yet with natural lighting and ventilation. On this floor are the service and leisure areas, such as home theater, gym and sauna.

On the access floor, social and intimate areas were divided into two rectangular volumes of similar proportions. The volumes were arranged parallel, but offset.

The blocks were joined by a roof which also forms the overhang, creating a circulation space that even if it is closed, it appears external. The living room touches the ground level again and is therefore at a higher level. On the street the building is separated from the ground, since at this point there is no lower level.

Despite the mandatory use of a sloping roof and ceramic tiles, the house seems to have a flat roof, as from the outside one can only see the wooden eaves and glass. The minimum slope we create is only visible from inside. The triangular pool has its shape determined by the boundaries of the building.

In structural terms, we use reinforced concrete for foundations and for the half-buried floor, columns and steel beams to the main floor and wooden structure for the roof.

The main finishes are charred wood and Travertine marble.