Project Name: JF Residence

Location: São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

Design Team: KG Studio

Total Floor Area: 600 m²

Completion: 2024

Photography: Miti Sameshima

Feature: KG Studio' "JF Residence" demonstrates how innovative structural gable integration strategies and masterful indoor-outdoor continuity design philosophy fusion techniques can transform a residence within a private condominium into a culturally profound sanctuary of family cohesion and social functionality.

This 600-square-meter residence dramatically spans across approximately 700 square meters of plot area, presenting itself as a profound meditation on contemporary Brazilian residential lifestyle integration, natural materials, and tropical architectural traditions fusion. Through carefully considered spatial organization and material selection, it creates a living experience that seamlessly weaves functionality with poetic sensibility.

The project's most compelling design feature lies in its fundamental reimagining of traditional residential structural systems. Two longitudinal stone-clad gables serve not only as load-bearing elements but become the core of spatial organization, ensuring the upper volume rests lightly on the ground-level base. This structural strategy creates continuous dialogue between architecture and gravity, achieving a visual floating effect.

KG Studio's design language fluently expresses contemporary Brazilian architectural vernacular, employing modern applications of natural materials such as wood and stone to redefine living experiences. Continuous white cabinetry systems are innovatively used to unify visual language while cleverly concealing service areas and storage spaces. This bold integration strategy not only adds visual coherence to spaces but cleverly accommodates the complex functional demands of modern family life.

Most remarkably, the architects create emotional transitions between different functional zones through clever manipulation of light and spatial sequences. The wooden staircase positioned above an internal garden employs cantilevered treads embedded in walls, complemented by a zenithal opening that floods the double-height space with natural light, while the ground level establishes direct connection with the rear garden through expansive glazing, creating seamless indoor-outdoor atmospheric transitions.

Landscape strategy continues this harmonious coexistence design philosophy between architecture and nature. Ground-level flowerbeds and upper-level veranda planters create mutual resonance, with hanging vegetation reinforcing the integration between residence and surrounding natural environment. Large openings promote cross-ventilation and abundant natural light, ensuring fresh and pleasant living environments—perfectly suited for leisure and social gatherings.

Design Team - KG Studio stands as a distinguished representative of new-generation Brazilian architectural practice, founded in Campinas in recent years by Felipe Kilaris Gallani and Victória Lacerda Chaves, having established a pioneering reputation in contemporary residential design and cross-cultural architectural language innovation since its founding. This São Paulo state-based practice redefines contemporary Brazilian architects' role in international design discourse through coordinated integration of design and construction.

KG Studio brings exceptional multicultural design perspectives and deep understanding of interdisciplinary approaches to architectural practice. The practice has garnered recognition for its commitment to integrating traditional Brazilian architectural wisdom with contemporary international modernism, with both founders being distinguished graduates of the University of São Paulo and Mackenzie University with international exchanges at Politecnico di Milano, having trained at renowned practices including Triptyque Architecture, Isay Weinfeld, Jacobsen Arquitetura, Estudio Campana, Arthur Casas, and Bernardes Arquitetura.

The firm's design philosophy emphasizes that architecture should transcend functional limitations—designed not merely to satisfy basic needs but to evolve organically with inhabitants' lifestyles and cultural backgrounds. Through deep attention to individual recognition and sensory experience, working across diversified projects from residential to commercial spaces, they believe the best architecture results from refined interventions through precise and thoughtful processes. KG Studio believes architecture should serve as a carrier of personal identity and family memory, creating unique living experiences through strategic spatial organization and material selection.

Beyond practice, the firm maintains strong industry integration through collaboration with local manufacturers including Atelier Carlos Motta, Augusta, Belcolore, Docol, Dpot, and others. Through thoughtful integration of natural materials with modern construction methods, local and international design elements application, and time-tested architectural wisdom, KG Studio has established itself as a significant contributor to contemporary Brazilian architectural discourse, creating architectural works that are both locally responsive and embrace global design vision. The firm currently maintains a professional architectural team including Gabrieli Cavalari, Gianni Caliari, Beatrice Vieira, and Yasmin Rissatti, occupying a unique position within São Paulo state's dynamic architectural landscape.