2023-06-02 04:00:12
The Tree House (Casa da Árvore, in Portuguese) is a weekend home located in the mountainous region of Atibaia, about 80 km north of São Paulo. Inside it stands out for the use of typical solutions from the interior of Brazil accompanied by paintings made by the owner two decades ago.
This decorative harmony was what allowed him to receive the Honorable Mention from the prestigious DNA Paris 2021, in the Interior Design-Renovation section. In addition, in 2020 it was nominated for Building of the Year in the ArchDaily.
The Casa da Árvore project was developed by the studio Candida Tabet Arquitetura from a small abandoned house, built in the 80s, and its attached shed. During those years of neglect, its walls served as a blank canvas for the owner’s young daughter, then a future student at the School of Plastic Arts. That young woman today is the current owner of it, and has been the promoter to reform the house as a weekend home for her, her husband and her two daughters.
During the rehabilitation, the owner demanded that any intervention must keep all the paintings preserved on the walls, most of which date from the year 2000. Also, to give the space the desired ‘wabi-sabi’ atmosphere, the design focused on the concepts of time and nostalgia as a foundation for the creative process. With this, the tree house presents an allusion to simplicity and “anti-luxury” in the aesthetic orientation of the project.
In this line, the volumetric work complemented by the openings and openings magically frame the natural light from outside that blends with the interior vegetation of the house and the murals, resulting in a continuous setting.
The choice of materials rescued the simple languages and caboclos of the interior of Brazil, seeking to implement typical solutions of the region due to its great thermal performance. As an example are the adobe walls or the colonial ceramic tiles. The stones for the walls were collected from the soil around the house.
As can be seen, contemporary trends, methods and fashions were not taken into account; instead, unconventional elements and solutions were proposed as the works progressed. This way, the house developed and matured together with the ownerwith the creation of a new space built to play, contemplate and excite, bringing joy and provoking continuous discovery due to the architectural solutions and finishes chosen.
After the reform, completed in 2019, Casa da Árvore has a total of 300 m2 distributed between five suites, kitchen, pantry and an open plan living and dining room with a large window that connects to the terrace, which opens onto a valley and the mountains.
The result of Casa da Árvore follows the principles and lines of action of the Candida Tabet Arquitectura studio; that is, the combination of architecture, interiors and designbased on the search for materials and interest in details, considering the environment that surrounds the houses.
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