The Punta Cana residence was our first experience designing overseas, more precisely in the Domenican Repulic, in the Caribbean. It was a very enriching experience. As the local building industry is limited we had to look abroad for suppliers able to deliver special parts of our challenging concept. That enabled us to get in touch..

Our first decision regarding how to approach the design of a house in Campos do Jordão , a city of temperate climate 1.600 meters above sea level in the mountains near São Paulo, was to avoid the local widespread European alps style. We wanted to hear what the earth asked for with its trees and..

The plot where we should design the house has the exceptional quality of facing the ocean in the middle of Rio de Janeiro city. More precisely 180 feet above sea level, over a steep granite monolith that faces south. This south orientation only provides views towards the sea. No land to the right or left..

We had to tackle the hot and humid climate of Angra dos Reis, one hour drive south of Rio de Janeiro. The roof acts as a big leaf that protects from the hot sun all the enclosed spaces of the house as the in-between open spaces, truly the most important ones . These in-between open spaces..