Made from scratch, house in Teresina gets a lake and a lot of national design

As soon as they bought two lots of land (with a total area of 900 m²) within a closed condominium in Teresina (PI), the couple of entrepreneurs with two teenage children commissioned architect José Ribeiro, from the Dois Arquitetura office and the cast of CASACOR Piauí, a project to build from scratch the new house for the family. "The clients asked for a generous outdoor leisure area with total integration among the spaces, an internal gourmet kitchen, a complete service and support kitchen, a pool with hydromassage, a suite on the ground floor, four suites on the upper floor, and contemporary decoration, also taking advantage of some artworks they already had," says José. The house was built with a concrete structure and masonry closures, and the external facade was clad with porcelain slabs in a marble pattern and aluminum sheets (ACM) in a wood pattern. The facades facing the internal courtyard received floor-to-ceiling sliding doors with black aluminum frames and clear glass to ensure maximum integration of the internal living areas with the external area, composed of a garden, artificial lake with fish, pool, hydromassage, deck, barbecue, and gourmet space. In the decoration, the Puzzle dining table from Jader Almeida, the Dior buffet from Guilherme Torres, the D’Água coffee table from Jacqueline Terpins, the TV room sofa, the paintings, and some furniture from the external area came from the old residence of the residents. Among the new pieces, timeless furniture designed by renowned Brazilian designers such as Jader Almeida, Ricardo Fasanello, Sergio Rodrigues, and Ronald Sasson were prioritized.

The architect started from a neutral color palette - composed of white walls or covered with wood-paneled slatted panels or white Moledo stone, ceiling lined with natural wood, off-white linen curtains, and light gray porcelain tile flooring - and, to avoid a heavy visual weight, he punctuated only certain elements with color, such as the Black Tie sofa upholstered in orange fabric by Ronald Sasson, and the Dior buffet by Guilherme Torres, which was red and was repainted green. The landscaping includes an artificial lake with fish and is signed by Marina Campaña Paisagismo. "Our biggest challenge in this project was, without a doubt, to sectorize the different functions of the social area without compromising the integration of the spaces," concludes architect José Ribeiro.