The Y House by SousaSantos Architects
Portugal based SousaSantos Architects have sent us some photos of the Y House they designed.
The Y House by SousaSantos Architects
This house is a vision device. A system that rules the way the inhabitant sees the outside world and simultaneously frames the way the outside sees the dwellers. The design of this object was focused on this theme. The big curved window is this statement vortex, it creates a visual path that, like a camera traveling, reveal the image of the landscape.
The programmatic development of the house reflects the classic bourgeois organization promoting the clear division of rest areas leisure areas and work areas. This division creates tree limbs that are united by this design morphing that develop the two big windows of the living room.
The idea of landscape as an image and its importance in the domestic living were the main design focus of this scheme.
Visit the SousaSantos website – here.
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cocteau on 22 Aug 2009 at 3:57 pm #
lovely. do you have some pics from the interior?
Mickey Ichiro on 22 Aug 2009 at 9:48 pm #
No interior photos? would like to see the flow of living inside this house that “rules the way the inhabitant sees the outside ” and “reflects the classic bourgeois organization promoting the clear division of rest areas leisure areas and work areas”…
potter on 23 Aug 2009 at 11:30 am #
this house is obsessed with it’s outward appearance, but we all know that it’s what’s on the inside that really counts.
Miss Tiny on 04 Sep 2009 at 7:01 am #
Beautiful House. It’s a shame not to see the interior but, it feels good to see some portuguese work in this website.
Mary Catherine Doe on 28 Apr 2010 at 4:45 am #
I love this Y shaped house but would like to really see pictures of the various living
spaces.
I would also like to buy the complete plan of the house including floor, etc.
Mme. Doe