This Cottage is a project designed by Macro Arquitetos. Ṣo Paulo, 2022 ? The residential project Annex to the Mairipoṛ Cottage took a year to be built with architectural design by partners Carlos Duarte and Juliana Nogueira РMacro Arquitetos, in Mairipoṛ, a town near Ṣo Paulo, Brasil. Photography by Victor Affaro.

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Made for a young couple looking for a haven in the countryside near the capital, the clients, who are from the countryside and lived in São Paulo, had their first child when the house was ready. Less luxury and more coziness were the premise to get to the house that the family dreamed of. Another request, according to the architects, was for the work, in a way, to camouflage itself in the woods amidst the many natural elements. The idea was to create a space where they could gather with friends and family around comfy environments, without divisions by walls, only by use of space, and with, whenever possible, a visual connection with nature.
The main challenge was to implant the design into the existing site without interfering with the existing trees. To accomplish that, several tests were carried out and it was possible to preserve the Ipês on the grass, the Jabuticabeira, and the Pitangueira trees that were left on the deck.
Materials such as stone, concrete, wood and inspiration from Uruguayan country houses helped in the design. All materials used are natural, nothing industrialized. Cement floor, exposed concrete ceilin...