Archinect - News2024-05-21T22:20:41-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150353166/tetro-s-new-residence-floats-and-weaves-through-the-brazilian-rainforest
Tetro’s new residence floats and weaves through the Brazilian rainforest Niall Patrick Walsh2023-06-12T11:49:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ba/ba0fea6576a06fc4272b082cefadf0fc.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2939/brazil" target="_blank">Brazilian</a> architecture studio <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150029784/tetro-arquitetura-e-engenharia" target="_blank">Tetro</a> has offered a look inside their completed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/460574/residential-architecture" target="_blank">residential</a> project in the Atlantic Rainforest. Named Casa Açucena, the development was constructed on a steep slope amidst a landscape of dense trees and shrubs.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/deb9fa7d2e72383dba8316ae1b3469c3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/deb9fa7d2e72383dba8316ae1b3469c3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo credit: Jomar Bragança</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/26/26d707cd5fec47bd177957813b55b0b0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/26/26d707cd5fec47bd177957813b55b0b0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Photo credit: Jomar Bragança</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The scheme was designed to occupy the space between existing trees without removing or altering the topography. The design team’s dedication to preserving the existing landscape also saw the house elevated off the ground to allow animal and plant life to develop underneath.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bc1d027ab2c47fde8858c7019b661678.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bc1d027ab2c47fde8858c7019b661678.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo credit: Jomar Bragança</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10a5b692dd1bd909b83b2304d0436353.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10a5b692dd1bd909b83b2304d0436353.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Photo credit: Jomar Bragança</figcaption></figure></figure><p>“The project is a response to a sensitive reading of the terrain, where first contact dictated the need to maintain its natural characteristics,” the team explained. “The act of looking upwards, from the ground to the fifteen-meter canopy of the trees, was decisive for the creation of a concept addressing the challenge of building in a place with such steep topograph...</p>