The Osler House by Marcio Kogan
Marcio Kogan designed the Osler House located in Brasília, Brazil.
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Description of the Osler House by Marcio Kogan:
The plan of the Osler house is structured by a ground floor volume, a suspended volume and a deck with an outdoor pool. The box of concrete and wood on ground, houses the main suite, a bedroom, bathroom, the utilities area and the garage. The vertical wooden brises filter the light and can open in their entirety, diluting the relationship between the internal and the external. The upper volume, propped on the ground-floor volume, on one side, and on pilotis on the other; accommodates the living room, the kitchen (done with low-height furniture) and a small office. This upper box creates a shady area and over the ground-floor prism, an extension of the living room, is the solarium.
An outdoor staircase connects the deck alongside the pool to the upper solarium. An indoor staircase forms the daily circulation of the house. Near the main circulation, in the foyer of the house, an Athos Bulcão panel was especially designed and it is, possibly, his last project. The tiles that are in most famous classic buildings in Brasília build the space here as well; a work of art designed for the house, designed with the architecture, that the artist could not see completed.
The brises, the pilotis, and the plan with two perpendicular volumes are, in this house, a commentary of the modern architecture of Brasília; the panel by Athos Bulcão, a great privilege for the inhabitant and for the architects.
Author > Marcio Kogan
Co-author > Suzana Glogowski
Interior Design > Diana Radomysler + Marcio Kogan
Team > Oswaldo Pessano . Renata Furlanetto . Lair Reis . Samanta Cafardo . Carolina Castroviejo . Eduardo Glycerio . Maria Cristina Motta . Mariana Simas . Gabriel Kogan
Photographer > Pedro Vannucchi
Landscape architect > Renata Tilli
General contractor > Abacus Engenharia
Los CA on 16 Apr 2009 at 4:32 pm #
I love the open look/feel! I know that some might not like the lack of privacy do to this, but I still think it’s cool. Just makes the place look bigger & cleaner (clutter-free) with this type of floor plan.
Andrea on 16 Apr 2009 at 9:35 pm #
Is this what heaven looks like?
Joel on 17 Apr 2009 at 4:54 am #
Anyone have an idea which company makes the HUGE sliding doors?
Terry Glenn Phipps on 18 Apr 2009 at 6:01 pm #
Great project, and really in the spirit of Brasilia.
There is so much fabulous architecture going on in Brasil these days it is just amazing.
Terry Glenn Phipps
ARQDAVITO on 23 Nov 2009 at 1:07 pm #
EXCELENTE, BELLISIMA OBRA. LO ÚNICO QUE NO ME AGRADA DEL TODO ES LA SOLUCIÓN ESTRUCTURAL. CREO QUE RESULTA MUY CARO UN ESPACIO SIN APOYOS CUANDO ES TAN GRANDE. PERO AÚN ASÍ ES HERMOSA LA OBRA.