

studio mk27: V4 house
‘V4 house’ by studio mk27, sao paulo, brazil image © nelson kon all images courtesy of studio mk27
brazilian firm studio mk27 has finished the ‘V4 house’ in sao paulo, completely submerged within its context. the one-storey sub-grade dwelling stretches to the extremities of the site benefiting from the interior program as much as the exterior garden. along one axis, a wooden box enveloped in perforated timber panels contains the private bedrooms shaded from direct light and therefore more easily acclimated. a vast exposed concrete roof mass with integrated beams extends perpendicularly disappearing into the natural stone retaining wall defining the property line, doubling as an exterior deck on grade. the public living spaces are delineated by four slender columns, wrapped in retractable glass doors to immerse the inhabitant in the outdoor environment.
‘V4 house’ has been shortlisted in the ‘housing’ category of the 2012 world architecture festival. see the complete list of this year’s nominated projects here.
exterior image © nelson kon
semi interior space and the ‘wooden box’ image © nelson kon
fron yard image © nelson kon
path from outside staircase image © nelson kon
exterior space image © nelson kon
view from garden image © nelson kon
entrance to private bedrooms image © nelson kon
massive roof plane hovers overhead image © nelson kon
closed glass screens image © nelson kon
deep overhang controls direct sunlight image © nelson kon
retractable glass doors pulled back to blend interior with exterior image © nelson kon
living room image © nelson kon
living room image © nelson kon
living room image © nelson kon
living room image © nelson kon
living room image © nelson kon
dining room image © nelson kon
master bathroom open to private exterior garden image © nelson kon
master bathroom image © nelson kon
master bathroom image © nelson kon
master bathroom image © nelson kon
bathroom sink image © nelson kon
embedded concrete treads cantilever from stone retaining wall image © nelson kon
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project info:
project: v4 house location: são paulo . sp . brazil project: april . 2009 completion: october . 2011 site area: 653,00 sqm built area: 1.291,00 m2 architecture: studio mk27 architect: marcio kogan co-architect: renata furlanetto project architects: diana radomysler . fabiana cyon . fernando falcon . oswaldo pessano interior design: diana radomysler . renata furlanetto team: carolina castroviejo . eduardo chalabi . eduardo glycerio . eduardo gurian . elisa friedmann . gabriel kogan . lair reis . luciana antunes . marcio tanaka maria cristina motta . mariana simas . samanta cafardo . suzana glogowski landscape architect: isabel duprat structure engineer: pinto rodrigues eng. gilberto pinto rodrigues project manager: nelson batista
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What a lovely bit of kismet…that Villa SK and V4 House, are offered here, almost simultaneously. There are so many lessons here regarding ideas, and their critical conditions required, in order to really succeed.
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Thanks so much, danny and studio mk27
Where do I get the chairs with the net back in the living room?!
pp130 – the circle chair, 1986, Hans J. Wegner, via PP Møbler [http://www.pp.dk/index.php?page=collection&cat=2&id=13]
I always check nord, local shop [http://www.lojanord.com/product.detail.php?id=877]
pp130 – the circle chair, 1986, Hans J. Wegner, via [url=http://www.pp.dk/index.php?page=collection&cat=2&id=13] PP Møbler [/url]
just checked local shop [url=http://www.lojanord.com/product.detail.php?id=877] nord [/url]
the roof should be green.