Casa Lua by TETRO Arquitetura
Casa Lua lands in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with a poised urban presence and a clear view toward the Serra do Curral. TETRO Arquitetura organizes the house as four stacked levels on a steep slope, each one reading as a belvedere. The real estate type is a house, yet the layout stretches beyond a typical domestic plan, binding daily life to the horizon and the moonrise that clears the mountains.
A glazed room opens right at the street, a pause before the drop. Beyond the glass, the city and the Serra do Curral pull the eye into a broad horizon line that sets the house’s measure and mood.
This is a four-level house on a steep urban site by TETRO Arquitetura, organized as stacked belvederes geared to view and light. The throughline is structural clarity: branching concrete columns carry a metal-clad upper volume, while the plan steps down to social rooms that meet a deck and pool.
Street Atrium And Stair
A glazed atrium at street level acts as a sheltered threshold within dense fabric. It immediately reveals the landscape and gathers vertical circulation, setting a calm rhythm for movement down through the home. Above, the private block ties into this node so the entry reads as both lookout and hinge. One moment of quiet, then descent.
Four Levels, One Prospect
Each tier works like an urban belvedere, cut to the horizon rather than the lot line. The upper block holds the master suite and additional bedrooms, with two extra rooms rounding out the family program on the same level. One floor below, living and kitchen rooms slide open to a deck and pool, extending daily routines outdoors without breaking the view.
Branching Columns Carry
Structure defines the house’s character and its stance on the slope. Four branching concrete columns rise like trunks, lifting the upper block so it barely touches ground and allowing the land to read through. Loads gather into these forks, freeing larger spans for rooms that hold long views. The touch is firm, but light.
Brise-Soleil, Shadow Play
A metallic brise-soleil wraps the elevated volume as an outwardly dense, monolithic skin. Inside, it filters daylight into layered bands that move across floors and walls during the day (and cool the rooms without shutting them off). This veil balances privacy with prospect, tempering glare while keeping the mountains in frame.
Working Level Below
At the lowest tier, service rooms and an office sit more quietly, still aligned with the skyline rather than buried. The address may be urban, yet the sequence keeps work and support areas in dialogue with air and distance. The house never loses its anchor to the view. Not once.
Evening brings a different register as the moon climbs behind the Serra do Curral. Orientation makes that rise a daily event, stitched into dining, reading, and the last swim. Light fades, the brise-soleil trades shimmer for pattern, and the columns hold steady against the slope.
Photography by Luisa Lage
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