Carved into the natural topography, this 1,397m² residence unfolds across three levels, preserving the landscape and embracing its contours. Bold cantilevers project over the lush vegetation, creating fluid, integrated spaces where indoors and outdoors merge seamlessly. Common areas flow openly on the main floor, connecting living, dining, and leisure spaces, while private suites and wellness areas are distributed across the upper and lower levels, ensuring both intimacy and connectivity. Passive strategies—including cross ventilation, deep overhangs, and shaded terraces—regulate sunlight and temperature, enhancing thermal comfort and reducing energy demand. Rainwater harvesting and a full LED lighting system minimize resource consumption. Natural stone cladding offers thermal inertia, elegance, and environmental performance, keeping interiors cooler by day and warmer by night. Structural daring, sophisticated materiality, and sustainable intelligence converge to create a living sanctuary that honors the site, challenges architectural conventions, and offers an immersive, timeless experience.
Bio Fernanda Marques, a graduate of the prestigious FAU USP (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo), has built her career on a multidisciplinary approach, seamlessly integrating architecture, interiors, and product design. Leading her São Paulo-based studio, she creates contemporary, refined projects that engage in a global dialogue with art and design, always driven by innovation and a commitment to sustainability.
Other prizes In the last decade alone, Fernanda Marques has earned numerous prestigious awards, including the A'Design Awards, Americas Property Awards, iF Design Awards, IDA Design Awards, RDI – Retail Design Institute Awards, Acquisition International Awards (Global Excellence and Modern Business), Latin and South America Business Awards, Master Real Estate Awards, New World Report 2020 – South America Business Awards, and Design & Build Awards, with standout projects such as the Bucarest Residence, Casa Jabuticaba, and Fazenda Boa Vista. More recently, she was awarded the European Design Award for the Chaise Fly and served as a jury member for the iF Design Awards 2025, further solidifying her international presence in the architecture and design community.
