Truss House in Brazil by Terra Capobianco & Galeria Arquitetos

Date of Publishing: January 25, 2023

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Architecture Design of Truss House

Description About The Project

Truss House designed by Terra Capobianco & Galeria Arquitetos, located in the Alto de Pinheiros district, São Paulo. Indeed, the architecture sought to produce a large space totally integrated into the landscape around the 533.35 m² lot.

The implantation of the house based on a program of needs to take maximum advantage of the land occupation. Also, the intention was to solve, with few elements, a fast and dry construction, in metallic structure, steel deck slab, and steel frame closing. For this, three metallic trusses projected. Two at the longitudinal ends of the main volume. It allows a 15 meter span, free of supports, in the social area. Besides, the third one in the transversal direction of the total land width, configure the suspended volume of the shed, with 14 meters of free span.

Once insides, a common room distributes among the four suites. Two of them designed in a flexible way, initially serving the resident couple, with two bathrooms, two closets, a bedroom, and an intimate room. The first floor of the edicula houses the fitness room and the guest suite.

On the other hand, the bedrooms face East and West and have vertical slatted shutters made of autoclaved and carbonized pine, a material that guarantees durability. Moreover, on the north façade, the thermoclick guarantees thermal resistance, besides the agility of assembly with a self – supporting panel of tongue and groove. The four faces delimit a single rectangular volume of double façade, dismountable and efficient.

The Architecture Design Project Information:

Project Name: Truss House
Location: Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
Project Year: 2020
Area: 464 m²
Designed by: Terra Capobianco + Galeria Arquitetos

Truss House in Brazil by Terra Capobianco & Galeria Arquitetos — Indeed, the living and dining rooms can be completely opened with sliding glass panels, allowing full integration with the veranda, pool, and garden.

The house also has automated rainwater irrigation for the garden.

Positioned in the ground floor social area, a metal staircase leads to the first floor, where the trellis revealed in the backlight of the translucent thermoclick material.

The Truss House Gallery:

Text by the Architects: The architectural firms Terra Capobianco and Galeria Arquitetos are responsible for the Casa Treliça (Truss House) project, a 464 m² building in the Alto de Pinheiros district, São Paulo. Indeed, through the rationality of the construction systems, the architecture sought to produce a large space totally integrated into the landscape around the 533.35 m² lot.

Photo credit: Nelson Kon | Source: Terra Capobianco + Galeria Arquitetos

For more information about this project; please contact the Architecture firm :
– Add: R. Mourato Coelho, 798 – conjunto 61 – Vila Madalena, São Paulo – SP, 05417-001, Brazil
– Tel: +55 11 2645-9924
– Email: contato@galeria.arq.br