projects . architecture

Gurunhuns Hill Villa

at a glance

Location
Brasilia

Status
Project

Client
Private

Type
Residential

Size

Other Features

A Corten steel skeleton posed on the top of Garunhuns hill, far from the urban center of Brasilia. A second home and weekend space that hosts a library and a comunal area. The connection between the constructed environment and the local Cerrado vegetation.

The “L” shape pedestrian pathway surrounding the library volume forces visitors to slowly discover the villa´s private spaces, unveiling the architectural composition step by step.

Finishing materials were specified to be durable. Brick, natural concrete in floors and ceilings, local marble, rustic painting, corten steel, everything contributes to a future reality of low maintenance and relative auto-sustainability.

Villa BLM was designed based on climate, existing on site vegetation, low cost maintenance and energy efficiency.

The library and study spaces.

The main frontal volume consists in a library of approximately five thousand books from the owner´s private collection. This ephemeral volume is entirely covered with perforated corten steel panels and plays an important role in respect to the villa´s main access.