With its expansive flat green roof supported directly by pillars, the amazing, recently completed Planar House in Porto Feliz by Studio MK27 is, in the architects’ words, “a radical exercise in horizontality” – an aspect that the Brazilian architectural studio often explore in their projects.
Two closed-off areas contain the five en-suite bathrooms, a gym, a tv area and playrooms. But the home’s crowning glory would have to be the vast, airy space that acts as the living room, which can be completely opened up to enjoy the gorgeous surroundings, or closed off by sliding glass doors.
Softening the rigidity of its rectangular form is a brick wall in a swerving shape, “embracing the entrance garden and creating transparencies as well as offering protection from the street”.
Photography © Fernando Guerra