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Itaúna House

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ithin the project’s plot sits an original Oscar Niemeyer
house; it is compact, given the metropolitan location.
WThrough the acquisition of the next-door property, the
resulting intervention and expansion allowed the transformation of
the urban landscape, which welcomed a garden marked by vertical
and horizontal delineations of its surroundings. A new leisure annex
was constructed over a plane that extends, as if hovering, between the
pool and garden.
Developed as three independent constructions, the project is fully
interconnected by pathways structured as passages, walkways, and
stairs, providing complete integration. The interior architectural
features were adapted, giving way to a new form of appropriation.

The façades of the main existing blocks receive a new element – large
pivoting panels. Their functioning is made feasible by the custom
structural scheme in an iron square mesh. A long bench is designed
to outline the boundaries of slabs where indoor/outdoor spaces are
continuous.

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