Casa Acqua Primary Function: خانووی نیشتەجێبوون by Cristina Menezes

Casa Acqua Primary Function: خانووی نیشتەجێبوون by Cristina Menezes is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Mîmarî, Avahî û Strukturê Competition Category.

ZîvMîmarî· 2022

Casa Acqua Primary Function: خانووی نیشتەجێبوون

by Cristina Menezes

Client: Cristina Menezes Arquitetura

Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Mîmarî Category

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The Design

About Casa Acqua Primary Function: خانووی نیشتەجێبوون

Book Text: کاسا ئاکوا خانوویەکی نیشتەجێبوونە کە لە بێلۆ هۆریزۆنتەی برازیل دروستکراوە. نەخشەکێشانەکە شوێن کەوتووی خانووە کۆنە ڕۆمانییەکان دەکەوێت، بە چوار مۆدیوڵ کە لە دەوری حەوشەیەکی ناوەکی ڕێکخراون. حەوشەکە بە ئاوێنەی ئاو دەوردراوە کە کانیاوێکی ناوەندی دەهێننەوە بیر. هەموو مۆدیوڵەکان بە تەواوی کراوەن بۆ ڕێگەدان بە هەواگۆڕکێی سروشتی و ڕووناکی ڕۆژ، بۆیە پێویست بە کۆندیشن نییە. سایەبانی ستوونی و بەربەری با پاراستنی تایبەتیێتی و پاراستن لە خۆر، باران، مێروو و بای بەهێز دابین دەکەن. مۆدیوڵە پێشدروستکراوەکان کاتی دروستکردنیان کورت کردەوە و بەفیڕۆدانیان کەم کردەوە. کۆی گشتی ڕووبەرەکە دووسەد و دە مەتری چوارگۆشەیە.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn

Casa Acqua Primary Function: خانووی نیشتەجێبوون xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Casa Acqua Primary Function: خانووی نیشتەجێبوون karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. Casa Acqua Primary Function: خانووی نیشتەجێبوون afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Casa Acqua was created specifically for the demand action in Brazil, for this time that the world is living in! It provides inspiration and tools for anyone in Brazil or anywhere with dry tropical climate! For who is interested to live with heathly and on nature! A home with the precepts of sustainability is the unique and different guideline! The use of prefabricated modules reduced the impact of construction on nature; shortened construction time and cost!
Dimensions & Packaging: The total area of Casa Acqua is two hundred and ten square meters including the water mirrors.
Tags: tiny house, container house, water mirror, house , architecture innovation
Production Technology: The design was made with four pre-fabricated modules to build in a short time! The use of those modules allowed the use of synthetic coatings and sub-multiples of their measurements and this solution does not generate waste, with less impact on nature . Casa Acqua is fully open to provide full integration with the outdoor area.
Design Challenge: The key challenge was to find the right solution to close Casa Acqua without glass frames! The client asked for ventilation and natural lighting in its fullness with full integration with the outdoor area.
To have privacy and protection from the sun; from rain; from insects and strong winds, vertical windshield and awnings were used that seal 95%! With this solution Casa Acqua guaranteed the precepts of sustainability and of a healthy home, for days of pandemic, without air conditioning!
Research: Nowadays all architects comunities are trying to help the people to live better and heathly in their homes! Casa Acqua concept was created for this demand action in Brazil! It is too late to prevent the world from changing, but not late enough that all hope has been lost for a better world. Architecture is deeply involved in this process, as the transformation of the built environment and the construction industry are key to the way we live. Casa Acqua is a way to provide inspiration and tools for anyone in a country with dry tropical climate!
Inspiration: Casa Acqua was conceptualized in the same guidelines as the first Roman dwellings, those one had an O shaped floor plan with an inner courtyard allowing the visual integration of all spaces.
This typology was suitable for current times to Casa Acqua using four modules individualized with an inner courtyard, surrounded by water mirrors to symbolize the central fountain! All modules are fully open to ensure the use of ventilation and natural lighting. Vertical awnings were used for privacy.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2021 and the construction finished in September 2021 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Operation Flow: This project was created for a young couple to live, in times of a pandemic, in full contact with nature, full of light and natural ventilation, in Brazil!
Team Members: Jackie Kelly;
Isabella Gallegos;
Roberta Antunes.
Image Credits: Main Image: Photographer Jomar Bragança,2021
Image #1: Photographer Jomar Bragança,2021
Image #2: Photographer Jomar Bragança,2021
Image #3: Photographer Jomar Bragança,2021
Image #4: Photographer Jomar Bragança,2021
Vídeo: Estudio NY18,2021