Casa Tropical by Camarim Architects

Portuguese architects Camarim have completed Casa Tropical, a holiday home in a fishing village in northern Brazil. Heavy rainfall from January to July ensures a fertile ground where vegetation flourishes until December.The clients wanted a holiday house with 3 bedrooms that allowed wide possibilities of contact with nature. The three-storey house is surrounded by a wide gallery for circulation on the outside of the building. The wooden roof and walls of the gallery shelter the building from the sun but allow the wind to cool the interior. We have replaced the conventional solution in domestic architecture – a compact volume with internal circulation – with a gallery that surrounds the 3 floors of the house, and corresponds to 50% of the total area.