Project Credits & Specs
- Architecture: studio mk27
- Landscape Architecture: Rodrigo Oliveira
- Photography: André Scarpa
- Location: Iporanga, São Paulo, Brazil
- Area: 400 m2
- Year: 2020
Project Description
Casa Azul is located in Iporanga, Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil. Being inserted in an environmental preservation area of the Atlantic Forest, the residence designed by Studio MK27 obeyed the rules of environmental certification and conservation of the existing landscape.
The areas of intervention were few, with the project implemented within an area previously delimited by environmental agencies, keeping the rest of the land untouched.
For the construction, a perimeter of two meters was defined around the house to protect the forest from activities. The forest reconstruction was done with native plants, the main challenge of the landscaping project.
The goal was to give a breath to the space, without leaving it with the feeling of “suffocation”, and to integrate the replacement with the local vegetation, which changes the landscape over time. In the pool area, the landscaping prioritized a shaded garden combined with the surrounding native vegetation, which extends beyond the residence, on the way to the sea.
The project description is provided by Rodrigo Oliveira, via Cobogó Public Relations.
About the Architects
Studio MK27 is based in São Paulo, Brazil, and was founded in the late 70s by architect Marcio Kogan Today is comprised of 40 architects and various collaborators worldwide. The architects of the team, great admirers of the Brazilian modernism generation, seek to fulfill the task of rethinking and giving continuity to this iconic architectural movement. The projects of Studio mk27 place value on formal simplicity and are elaborated with extreme care and attention to detail.
www.rodrigooliveirapaisagismo.com.br
Rodrigo Oliveira graduated as an agronomist, with the certainty that he would work as a landscaper. He took a specialization course at Arborist, Florida. He opened his office almost two decades ago, and brings with it references from different schools, from Japanese asymmetry to Italian classics. His creations of textures and green volumes are colored in due time by the blooms, becoming scenarios of a lifetime. Rodrigo Oliveira’s landscaping is as genuinely beautiful as it is free, like Nature.
