The house was designed on a densely vegetated lot and establishes connections with the existing trees and gardens, which have been cultivated over the past 60 years. The gardens feature a denser forest area along the northern boundary and three large jabuticaba trees at the back. The presence of this alignment of jabuticaba trees defines the placement of the house. The project primarily seeks to recreate the relationships between the indoor environments and the gardens, utilizing verandas, patios, terraces, and pools.
The ground floor program is organized into three functional blocks: living/dining/studio, kitchen/laundry, and the leisure pavilion at the back, while the upper floor accommodates the family living area and five suites, oriented northward with views of the denser forest area. The landscaping project reorganizes the garden by introducing mediation zones between the house and the forest, with pools, decks, and dense shrub vegetation.
Rammed earth walls make up the main closures and supports on the ground floor. These earth walls have a strong connection to the soil, a significant presence in this extensively vegetated lot. The rammed earth walls support the house along with concrete pillars, upon which rests a metal structure, a lightweight framework that contrasts with the mass of the rammed earth walls. The two structures never touch, remaining as independent entities in the spatial organization. On the blind facades, a single distinct concrete pillar anchors the lateral trusses that allow for large overhangs on the four corners of the upper volume.