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Tomie Ohtake Residence

Tomie Ohtake Residence

são paulo brazil construction 1969 - 1970 project 1968 terrain area 960 m² construction area 540 m2

This home has a number of very unusual aspects. First, the lot itself is wider at the back than in the front. It is a home, of course, but it is also a studio. Besides this, sixteen years after the house was built, the adjacent lot was acquired and an extension was harmoniously added onto it (the dining room, an archive for paintings and engravings, a small work area, a compact apartment and an addition to the kitchen).

The project employs a solution frequently seen in Ruy’s project: a very concentrated construction in one block, with a single roof which makes the entire space flow from one ambience to the other, and by small, closed volumes (the bedrooms and sevice areas).

In 1971 the project was awarded the Carlos Millan Prize from the Brazilian Institute of Architects.

credits architecture RUY OHTAKE, ADOLFO SATO structure RUY TONE constructor CONSTRUTORA NELSON VITORINO awardings IAB ANNUAL PRIZE, 1971 CARLOS MILLAN PRIZE