Pereira Narvaes House

Sucra Arquitetura + Design designed a single family house in Caxias, a mountainous region of southern Brazil, which internally frames the landscape and brings the green to the interior.

Pereira Narvaes house is located in Caxias, a mountainous region of southern Brazil. The residence is on a sloping terrain. It is bordered to the south by the access road and to the north by a small watercourse. Given the desire of the clients in a contemporary residence that represented the family personality, the result was a design of a functional house of straight lines and the use of concrete, brick, iron and glass.

Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2016
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2016
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2016
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2016
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2016
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2016
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brasil, 2016
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brasil, 2016

  The house contrasts with the nature and internally frames the landscape, bringing the green to the interior, as a screen that invades the house. This feeling is reinforced by the mountain height and strong inclination that makes the sight of heaven, rare.

Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2016

The game of contrasts: full and empty, concrete and green, light and shadow, is powered by pure geometry as the square glass window with height and wide with almost equal measures. Virtually all openings in the house – even the service area – are oriented to the north, taking full advantage of the mountain views and providing excellent insolation and ventilation.

Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2016

The house is set for 3 blocks: the intimate and social – parallel and at different levels – and the vertical circulation cross-block, which unites them. The house in U shape then generates an internal courtyard which helps the service area, but is mainly used as a complement to the social zone.

Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2016
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, site plan
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, axonometric view
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, lower floor
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, upper floor
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, section
Sucra Arquitetura + Design, Casa Pereira Narvaes, elevation