Located in the Quinta da Baroneza Condominium in Bragança Paulista (SP), the MG Residence, designed by Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura, is a single-storey house where all the rooms are interconnected in a fluid way, delivering a house with the atmosphere of modern life in the countryside. Photography by Evelyn Müller.

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Based on the clients’ desire to live in a single-storey house, the 600 square meters of built area were designed from an integrated social area, where all the rooms are interconnected.

The solution adopted by the architect was to build the building at a level below street level, creating a wide entrance area for cars, which ends in a covered pergola that serves as a car shelter next to the entrance door.

This connection of the social area – integrating the living room and dining room – gave the house a large area for cooking, eating and socializing, which also has another, more functional, closed kitchen. The TV room has also been integrated into this social area, but with guaranteed privacy: the room can be ‘isolated’ when necessary.

In the intimate area, a large suite with two bathrooms for the couple and three more guest suites were also designed. Outside, a large terrace with a seating area and barbecue connects to the swimming pool.

The biggest challenge, according to Gilda Meirelles, was in the implementation, due to the premise of it being a single-storey house on a sloping plot. The solution was to create two large plateaus – on one of them is the house and the swimming pool, creating a lookout point for the view of the neighboring farm and, below that, a second one, made on the large lawn to play shuffleboard, a game that is a family hobby.

In order for all the spaces to have a view to the north, the house was divided into blocks with different roofs and ceilings, creating a play of heights and volumes, while also creating a beautiful view of the orange grove in the background, which already exists in the landscape.

Practical materials were used that were easy to maintain and adaptable to the countryside without losing the cozy atmosphere. Portobello’s gray mineral porcelain tiles were installed on the floor and the ceilings in the living rooms and on the terrace feature cumaru wood, male and female, along the eaves.

An important detail in the finishing of the façades was the use of exposed concrete, used to highlight some of the volumes of the house. For the structure of the house, we opted for a metal structure covered with alwitra, very long eaves on the roof and lined with wood.

Technical Data:
Project: MG Residence
Architecture: Gilda Meirelles Architecture
Area: 600 m²
Year: 2019
Photography: Evelyn Müller

Suppliers:
Construction company: CPA Engenharia
Structural design: Engecalc
Hydraulic and electrical design: Guimaro
Metal structure: Alufer
Roof: Alwitra
Flooring: Portobello
Aluminum frames: JMar