Itaipava Villa
Location: Itaipava Brazil
Architect: Mariana Martini
Material: Adobe
Built area: 550m2
Architects: Mariana Martini
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Itaipava mountain Villa Interior Design In Itaipava; our aim was to create a cozy and elegant environment, which should be mainly functional. We used natural materials such as local wood and simple materials like cement to contrast hard styles like the black metal and brass. The Villa should be easy to understand its spaces even though it has 550 square meters. The guest's rooms are exactly the same so there is no distinction. TheMaster bedroom has a private balcony with a closet and suite with bathtub. A place to genuinely gather friends and create memories. Amid a stunning landscape, our concept wanted to integrate the Villa to its surroundings using local materials and landscaping that blended with the external nature and landscape. The plan is linear so it doesn't standouts much and can be closer to the height of the tree. In this way the can also age well in the house with no need to use stairs. A minimalist language with simple but powerful effects.
Mariana decided to use just 2 materials for the house: concrete and wood. There are concrete walls with cement finishing, concrete tops, wooden floors, wooden ceilings, wooden furniture. All very rustic and minimal, matching the concept of the house to be close to nature and very simple of execution. The house is 550 square meters, 3 guests suites, 1 master suite with closet, dining and living room, interior kitchen, outdoor kitchen with barbecue area, outdoor fireplace, spa with jacuzzi and steam bath, 2 spa bathrooms, swimming pool, and covered garage. Brazilian design, wood ceiling, minimalist house, minimal, concrete, cement, wood, the contemporary project started in 2016 with the building and the interior design it's now(2019) in its last touches. The research was mostly made with long interviews with the clients to understand their needs and how could this housework. It has to be like a hotel for a while because it was a weekend house and then become a full-time house when the owners retire. Other then its use, we researched what kind of materials were easy to maintain, to get and to deal with. One of the biggest challenges was to put everything the client asked into the plan without having to build more floors. The house is linear and we made it in a way it's still very spacious. Even though the spaces are big, its still very intimate. In Itaipava, our aim was to create a cozy and elegant environment, which should be mainly functional. A place to genuinely gather friends and create memories. Amid a stunning landscape, our concept wanted to integrate the house to its surroundings using local materials and landscaping that blended with the external nature and landscape. A minimalist language with simple but powerful effects.
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