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Architects: Silvia Acar Arquitetura
Area: 193 ft²
Year: 2018
Photographs: André Scarpa

This is an exterior view of the house showcasing the main entrance as well as the wooden deck terrace.

This is a close look at the dark exterior wall of the house as well as the platform it stands on.

This is a view of the kitchen area of the house from the vantage of the terrace that has a wooden deck flooring.

A few steps from the kitchen area is the wooden bed seen from the vantage of the wooden deck terrace.

This is a closer look at the bedroom area that has built-in wooden structures and an alcove-like nook at the corner of the interior.

The wooden frame of the bed matches the surrounding wooden walls, floor and ceiling.

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The wooden tone of the walls make the black wall-mounted lamps and window frame stand out.

This is a close look at the glass-enclose shower area of the bathroom.

This is a view of the house with its large wooden deck terrace and large glass wall and doors.

The glas walls and doors of the house glow warmly from the interior lights that escape.

This is an exterior view of the house main entrance with a warm glow to it.

The house has a warm glow that makes it stand out against the dark nighttime forest around it.

This is an illustration of the floor plan.

This is an illustration of the cross section elevation of the house.

This is an illustration of the side elevation of the house showcasing the support pillar.

The proposal of the cabin, chalet m, in São Lourenço da Serra, was to make the smallest area possible for the requested program so that the contact with nature is the main actor in the experience. As minimalism was the main intention of the clients, in addition to the difficulty of access to the land. It was proposed a solution of 18m ² with the use of dry materials and on-site assembly since there is no access for larger trucks.

The implantation followed the criterion of existing glades in the forest, in a combination with the search for the best views of the mountain across the valley. The idea of minimal interference extends to the limit, so there is no construction for the parking area and accesses, these are made by trails on the ground.

The cabin was built in massive hardwood structure of thin sections, and then coated by outside plain OSB type plywood, Tyvek air, and water barrier and covered with metallic corrugated tiles outside. Inside, thermoacoustic insulation and ‘paricá’ plywood, coated with water-based resin. The furniture is all built in the same plywood and the box area lays over a prefabricated fiberglass box base.