Project Name: Linho House

Location: Nova Lima, Brazil

Design Team: TETRO Arquitetura

Total Floor Area: 13993 ft² (1299 m²)

Completion: 2024

Photography: Luisa Lage

Feature:

Project - Located in a residential neighborhood in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, the Linho House designed by TETRO Arquitetura is more than just a residence------it is a narrative crafted in architecture. Directly inspired by its inhabitant, a fashion designer who works with fabrics and sewing, the house translates the essence of her creative daily life into architectural forms and materials.

The most striking element of the project is the curved reinforced concrete roof, molded in two directions, evoking the poetic image of a white cloth stretched on a clothesline. This architectural gesture not only references the inhabitant's textile universe but also creates a sense of lightness and movement, as if the house were a fabric gently floating over the landscape.

Beneath this roof lies the upper floor, which houses the residence's social areas: the living room, dining room, integrated kitchen, gourmet space, pool, and spa. The organization of these spaces aims to foster integration and fluidity, reflecting an active yet welcoming social lifestyle.

The lower floor contrasts in materiality and language. Clad in slate, a material with a strong mineral presence, it blends with the terrain and serves as a solid base for the upper volume. This level accommodates the private areas of the house, such as bedrooms and bathrooms, along with the gym and service spaces. The use of stone reinforces the connection to the ground and further enhances the lightness of the overhanging roof.

Linho House is thus an architectural expression that seeks to go beyond functionality. It tells a story, establishing a sensitive dialogue between the resident's lifestyle, the chosen materials, and the surrounding landscape. A light and poetic object resting on the mountain------a silent homage to the art of stitching lives, fabrics, and spaces together.

Design Team - TETRO Arquitetura, established in 2001 and based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has emerged as a distinguished architectural practice with global reach over more than two decades of professional excellence. Led by the founding triumvirate of architects Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, and Igor Macedo, the firm's professional practice is based on the careful study of the premises and conditions presented by the location and the client, always seeking for a unique and irreplicable solution to each project.

Fundamentals such as integration with nature, use of apparent materials and exploration of empty spaces are characteristics that permeate all the work. Allied to these questions, the team's work takes the tradition of Brazilian modern architecture as a starting point, rethinking some of its main concepts to answer with innovation contemporary problems in architecture.

The studio's design philosophy synthesizes three fundamental principles: seamless integration with natural landscapes, honest expression of raw materials in their natural state, and strategic manipulation of spatial voids as active design elements. These core tenets permeate every project scale, from comprehensive urban planning initiatives to meticulously crafted furniture design.

TETRO's architectural approach draws profound inspiration from Brazil's modernist heritage while simultaneously challenging conventional paradigms to address contemporary spatial challenges. The firm's commitment to innovation has garnered international recognition, including placement as third among Brazil's top 30 architecture firms by Architizer, multiple World Design Awards, and representation at La Biennale di Venezia. Their residential projects exemplify a sophisticated balance between contextual sensitivity and formal experimentation, establishing new benchmarks for Brazilian contemporary architecture through rigorous material research and spatial exploration.