lucky oven bird

The Punta House is located on an open lot alongside a reservoir in the countryside of Uruguay. From the start, the location of the residence on this open country wasteland imposed various challenges for the Architects to create private spaces. Their solution adopted from the beginning was a one-level house which, on one side looked out to the waters of the reservoir and the other, to an internal patio demarcated by stone walls defining all of the spaces of the house. Marcio Kogan's fundamental concept was the organisation of a plan on a flat slab structured by rationally distributed pillars and supported laterally by stone walls. Under this slab a wooden box contains the bedrooms, the kitchen and utility room. Meanwhile, at the ends of this wooden box, two all glass enclosed living-rooms organize the collective program of the house. The Architects created a large deck and pool in front of the house. The construction used local material like the stone 'piedras lajas' for the the walls and floor. The wooden box is composed of folding panels of mashrabiya. begins to take on the house. Some wild flowers embraces the house and atop one of the stone walls an oven-bird makes his home which, according to local tradition, is a sign of luck.

lego bricks

Marcio Kogan's nursery project pecially directed for children aged from 0 to 3 years. The Architects have made a priority to conceive of an abstract non-stereotypical space with a ludic character that would meet the functional demands of the numerous procedures within the nursery. Circulation is achieved through ramps and the use of friendly materials such as a soft floor and operational ergonometry that are fundamental for a safe and comfortable environment for the children. Other than the usual services to accomodate the young ones, the Architects have also added importance to the landscaping to guarantee the safe interaction among the children. Bright colours such as yellow, orange and red were selected to create a stimulating atmosphere.

white brown box

The House 53 volumetry was defined following São Paulo city building laws and the site’s peculiar shape, which is just over 10m in front and 30m in length. Marcio Kogan had to follow the legislation that states, one can only build in the neighborhood up to 2 floors. The Architects conceived the house as a wood and mortar monolithic block with another concrete and glass volume upon it. Due to the ground’s small front, the house 2 edges had to make the most of light’s entrance hence the large windows. Internally, the space comprises of a living room on the first floor and bedrooms on the second floor. On the exterior, the when brises (wooden slats) are closed, it´s impossible to distinguish the openings, and all wooden surfaces make up a pure single volume, without bumps. But when it is opened, the house looks like a large folding wood.

brown cube

Corten House is an urban house located near the largest park in the city of São Paulo. The site, long and narrow, with a small external deck and a fireplace on the ground floor, also a rooftop. Marcio Kogan Architects have created the facade of the house with Corten weathering steel to create a dialogue between the rusty texture on the outside and the stone, wood, white mortar and the glass build the space. The front door of the garage is made of vertical wooden strips and opens entirely onto the street. The back façade is composed of a glass curtain that confers transparency to the opaque steel box and a suspended volume which contains movable wooden brises. The interior walls of the lot are made of Stone.

The Architects have made the interior plan for the ground floor simple: ceiling height of 5.2m and four folding doors that completely open out to the deck and external fireplace, meanwhile in the living room, a free wooden volume houses the kitchen and utilities program. Between this volume and the entrance door there is a staircase that leads to the mezzanine. The mezzanine, on the wooden volume, is a singular area for the home-theater. Here there is another staircase thats leads up to the third floor, to the private program of the house, the three bedrooms. The master bedroom, in the back, has a wooden panel of brises to filter the light and can remain completely open. On the rooftop of the house, there is a wooden deck protected by glass guard-rails. This space functions as a solar with a heated pool and a view of the city of São Paulo.

brasilia

A Marcio Kogan  house in Brazil that epitomise the cinematographic atmosphere of space. The entrance of the house and the living-room completely opens to the entire house, creating cross-ventilation and an area of continuum space that is totally free. There is no structural interference in this space. The living room opens to a delicate wooden-floored garden with a reflecting pool and minimum vegetation. On the first floor, the Architects have created a private space and the second floor consists of a low-down social space to enhance the spatial quality.