The Casa Bahia project, developed by architect Patricia Martinez under the responsibility of the Patricia Martinez Arquitetura office, was conceived as an exercise in synthesis. It is a private summer residence for the architect, expressing a search for essentials.
In this project, there is a balance between form, materiality, and sensibility, reflecting Patricia Martinez's own architectural vision.
Information about the project was provided by the project team.
Casa Espiga, developed by Grupo Primitivo, investigates the potential of its structure to act as an organizing and qualifying element of the architectural environment. The project goes beyond being merely a support, transforming into the main element that articulates the experience in the space.
Through a series of wooden porticoes, the design establishes an organization that determines circulation paths, delimits different areas, and creates a material identity where structure, architecture, and the natural setting merge into a single expressive manifestation.
The project was cited as "Casa Espiga / Grupo Primitivo" (or Vivienda Espiga / Grupo Primitivo) on October 20, 2026, according to ArchDaily in Portuguese, accessed on October 22, 2026.
The design team provided the description of Casa Lima, a residence located on a lot in Lago Sul, a residential neighborhood in the city of Brasília.
Although the project planning took place in 2016, the construction was completed in two distinct phases: the first in 2018 and the second in 2024. One of the fundamental principles adopted in the design was to concentrate all the internal area of the house on a single level.
This architectural decision caused the slight slope of the terrain to be perceptible only in the uncovered external area, specifically in the region adjacent to the pool, when compared to the natural ground level.
The layout of the ground floor is organized around two open internal garden spaces. While the main entrance to the living room faces the back of the lot, the bedrooms have openings facing side gardens. These gardens are protected from the afternoon heat by perforated walls made of ceramic bricks, which are set on concrete benches that appear suspended from the ground.
In the central section of the building, most of the internal spaces were conceived as 'neutral boxes,' featuring white walls and ceilings. In contrast, the extension of the structure composed of concrete pillars and beams was kept exposed both in the internal gardens and around the entire perimeter of the house, forming a kind of exposed 'protective layer' directly subjected to climatic elements.
Structurally, the house was erected using cast-in-place concrete, with regular spacings of 3.5 and 6.5 meters between support points.
