Set on steep terrain and lifted excessive above the bottom, a treetop house is a delicate response to its consumer’s connection to the world. Situated in Guarujá, São Paulo, a coastal metropolis and island on the Atlantic coast, the residence, titled ES Home, seems like a up to date interpretation of a treehouse – and it’s a undertaking designed by Brazilian studio Jacobson Arquitectura.
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Uncover a treetop house in Upstate São Paulo
‘We wished the home to emerge from the panorama, following the pure slope and preserving as a lot of the prevailing forest as doable,’ explains the studio’s associate Paulo Jacobsen. ‘Each design determination, from the split-level organisation to the suspended structural system, was guided by the ambition to create a house that feels inseparable from its environment and frames the ocean and the horizon as fixed companions.’
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
The design aimed to make the resident really feel immersed within the panorama. To start, the architects created a format which unfolded as guests entered. This was achieved by considerably camouflaging the residence by preserving the encompassing vegetation, whereas additionally planting new bushes – which additionally reinforces the connection between structure and panorama.
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
Guests can entry the constructing through road stage. Nonetheless, it’s the roof that welcomes folks, who will see a backyard with a hearth pit and wood deck on it as they arrive. Down the primary flight of stairs and previous the reflecting pool and one other backyard, it opens as much as a double-height mezzanine that homes the residing area.
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(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
For Jacobsen, that is probably the most exceptional second: ‘Once you stand on the mezzanine of the primary social stage, the place the checkered Glulam roof and double-height glass panels open fully towards the horizon and the ocean, it’s such an fascinating spatial expertise. It feels as if the ocean is a continuation of the home.’
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
The bedrooms are discovered on the decrease ground, which is similar stage because the treetops, whereas additional down is a deck space for contemplation and meditation. Merging the home with the sloped terrain wasn’t a simple activity, and growing a structural answer that will reply to the positioning’s steep terrain whereas minimising its environmental influence was on the forefront of the architects’ plan. The studio settled on a dendriform construction.
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
‘This permits the primary quantity to be supported at solely two factors, decreasing contact with the bottom, preserving present vegetation, and sustaining uninterrupted views of the ocean,’ explains Jacobsen. ‘Reaching this steadiness between complicated engineering, environmental sensitivity, and spatial high quality required shut collaboration all through the design course of.’
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
ES Home is a treetop house designed to be found, the place components unfold as you journey by way of it. Says the architect: ‘The intention is to create a way of calm and refuge, with the structure revealing itself slowly and inspiring folks to attach with the panorama. By the point they attain the primary residing areas, the openness towards the ocean, the heat of the pure supplies, and the encompassing forest ought to carry out each a sense of serenity and a way of belonging to the place.’
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
(Picture credit score: Fernando Guerra)
