Lapinha Studio is an example of sustainable architecture

Ada Penna , Júlia Temponi , Gabriela Melo and Mariana Calixto , founders of the Plano Livre office, are responsible for Estúdio Lapinha at CASACOR Minas 2021. The house, which has just been selected by the digital magazine Archilovers as one of the best projects published by the Italian portal this year , is a great example of architecture committed to sustainability. Designed to be a weekend getaway, the brightly colored project uses two shipping containers , which have their construction components exposed. One volume houses the wet areas of the infrastructure and the other the bedroom and living area that can also house a long or an area with another desired function as the proposal is to offer flexibility to users .

According to the architects of Plano Livre: “Constructive reasoning guided the process. Two container modules were coupled laterally with their industrialized components exposed without camouflage. The hydraulics are concentrated in one wall, creating the infrastructural module. This strategy, in addition to reducing costs , frees up the rest of the space . Therefore, the other container is a flexible, indeterminate module, a free plan, which, in this edition, receives furniture from Estúdio Lapinha.” Large glass openings integrate the studio into the landscape of the Palácio das Mangabeiras, in Belo Horizonte. And the execution of the work was created to happen in two stages: the first is the execution of a modular housing exhibited at CASACOR Minas 2021 and the second should happen in from its disassembly and reassembly in Lapinha da Serra, where it will be available for accommodation. “In addition to a single physical space, the project uses the idea of a system. Therefore, Estúdio Lapinha is a prototype that can be expanded, replicated and implemented in other contexts ,” adds the founding quartet of Plano Livre.