Built on the seashore of Iporanga beach, on the north coast of São Paulo and amidst the Atlantic Forest, Iporanga house was designed for a family of Arab ancestry and is surrounded by vegetation – coconut trees, bromeliads and other indigenous plants from the region. There was no significant restriction – whether technical or legal – to the project and construction of this house. Yet, naturally, the geographic and natural context the house is set in warranted great attention, and guided the location of the house on the land, the organization of the program and the use of materials. via
