The name –
Casa dos Tijolos Brancos – says it all about the project designed by
Bloco Arquitetos : covering 600 m², the building has an
external layer of solid bricks painted white that acts as a second façade to control direct sunlight, while the hollow space between the bricks allows for natural cross ventilation. The professionals are part of the
CASACOR Brasília team.
Its different degrees of openness are formed by the variable spacing between the bricks. The level of visibility through the bricks reflects the different levels of privacy desired for each interior space.
The blocks have elongated sizes, outside the market standard, ordered specifically for this project. Built in a residential complex in the Lago Sul region of Brasília, the program was distributed around the perimeter of the land so that
all the main rooms of the house could face the central area , with a large green area and a semi-Olympic lap pool.
The bedrooms, living rooms, balconies, kitchen and even the garage were directed towards the large garden area, which functions as a central courtyard.
The spaced bricks reinterpret one of the most important architectural objects in Brasília, the
cobogó , so important for ventilation and natural lighting in Brazilian architecture.
