ARCA home in the middle of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest by Atelier Marko Brajovic

Architects: Atelier Marko Brajovic
Location: Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Year: 2015
Area: 1,400 sq ft / 130 sq m
Photo courtesy: Victor Affaro
Description:

ARCA was named by local people as it came as a boat amidst the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. On the off chance that truth, on a more episodic level, it’s an earthship venture, that originates from a wish to imitate a particular Brazilian indigenous house typology (Asurini, Médio Xingu) and be a stand alone protest with insignificant effect to the encompassing.

For that reason we chose to utilize a shell self-supporting structure that arrangements a material, side dividers and finishings. The Galvalume (carbon steel + aluminum + zinc) modules were amassed nearby in one and only week and too can be effectively disassembled and revamped on another area. The inside timber divider are just 3 cm ticks as they are inside strengthened by steel-bar that pack the entire structure.

A house can host till two couples with children, has a completely prepared kitchen, restroom and a liberal open space serving as parlor or workshops range for inventive and expert trainings. In that second mode, the beds folds in couches and the dozing room changes underway rooms.

The fundamental thought is that a house can be utilized for a weekend by inventive and experts (with children) that need to chip away at their creation motivated by nature in an extremely confort environment.

ARCA is situated on a waterfall Perequé, on a fringe with a national park Parque da Bocaina and ten kilometers from a beguiling pioneer city Paraty understood for its social legacy and regular fortunes.

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