The country house has a barbecue with wood oven and a livable porch

The country house has a barbecue with wood oven and a livable porch


The Escala Arquitetura studio has created a 440m² project, with five suites, a swimming pool area, sauna and a large balcony

A large and comfortable country house to rest and come into contact with nature, equipped with a pizza oven and barbecue to welcome friends. This was the main request of a couple with two children to the architects Carolina Escada and Patricia Landau, of Architecture in scalewhen they commissioned him to carry out a complete renovation and expansion project on the 160m2 house they already owned in Itaipava (mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro).




According to the duo, the idea of ​​the project was keep the main body of the original house as the central axis expand the built area both laterally (through preformed slabs with eaves made with metal arms, glass and wooden rulers) and frontally (through the expansion of the original roof, which contributed to creating the new design of the main facade).



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Upon completion of the renovation, the house now measures 440 m2, with five suites, a living room with television and wood-fired pizza oven, a balcony that serves as a second open living room and a pool area with barbecue and sauna.



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The social area, consisting of a living room and dining room with internal pizza oven, balcony and kitchen, is connected to the sleeping area via a internal hall with a small scale that follows the topography of the land. The couple’s suite was designed as a bungalow which seems suspended, disconnected from the house.



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“To create this effect, we created a internal circulation with glass window frames which open onto a winter garden and we left the building detached from the ground, respecting the slope of the land”, says Patricia.



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In the garden, in order not to affect the surrounding nature and not to alter the roughness of the ground, the architects designed stairs and paths that follow its irregular shape, also saving on earth movement.



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Still in the external area, the existing swimming pool has been completely renovated, obtaining, in addition to volcanic stone claddingin a greenish tone, a wooden bridge which extends throughout the new living area, covered and equipped with a barbecue, a large table and plenty of seats.

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Source: Terra

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