HOUSE IN CAMBURI
I 1989
One of the first projects on the north coast of São Paulo, the Camburi house, with its wooden structure and fences, is inspired by the concept of a fisherman's house, the owner's initial aspiration. Supported by nine pillars and located between the street and the beach, it rises from the ground as a means of directly overlooking the sea. This creates a parallel roof area on the first floor, housing a second social area.
Simple and compact, the program is spread over sixty-nine square meters and has, in addition to the generous front deck, only a living room with integrated kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom. The latter, in turn, is the only part of the house with a concrete slab, apart from the foundations. In the rest of the house, there are joints between pillars and beams made of solid maçaranduba that, by means of fittings, do not require the use of screws or metal plates. The different rooms are also fitted together, as they connect to each other and to the outside landscape.
The simplicity of the architecture, in addition to seeking to understand and extend the protagonism to the place where it is inserted, also understands the context through the choice of furniture: hammocks on the ground floor and wooden furniture, exposed to the unpredictability of the weather.






Location
Camburi, São Sebastião-SP
Delivery
1989
Land area
1,500 m²
Built-up area
150 m²
Author
Gui Mattos
Architect responsible
Gui Mattos and Pérsio Mendes
Photos
Alain Brugier