Residence in Curitiba Reframes Family Living With Sunlit Floors Inside
Residence in Curitiba anchors a generous family house in Curitiba, Brazil, where Caroline Andrusko Arquitetos guided both architecture and interiors. The commission centers on connection and well-being for a couple and three children, translating daily routines into rooms that flow between indoors and out. Clean lines and open volumes set the tone. A multi-level plan, broad glazing, and warm natural materials support lively gatherings, quiet work, and restorative downtime across the home.
Morning light slides across stone at the entry, catching a carved tread and warm wood. Inside, tall volumes open toward a garden and a deep-blue pool.
This is a house for daily life and togetherness, set in Curitiba and organized by Caroline Andrusko Arquitetos. The program prioritizes connection: rooms link across levels, outdoors folds into indoors, and materials cue movement and pause. A clear brief—family, leisure, and ease—drives every arrangement.
Orchestrating Family Life
A double-height hall lands visitors in the social core, where living and dining align with broad glass and the garden beyond. Short transitions keep conversations within earshot, even as activities diverge through the day. The kitchen meets a gourmet area at the edge, so cooking stretches into bar seating and the terrace without a break (weekend lunches spill outward). Visual proximity holds the family together across generous distances.
Levels For Living
Topography sets the agenda, and the plan answers with a mezzanine and split volumes to close the gap from street to yard. The social floor runs long and low while a sculptural stair rises to the mezzanine, where a home office and cinema sit slightly apart yet remain connected by sightlines. Above, three suites and a gym gather quieter routines, buffered from the bustle by the vertical stack.
Light As Daily Tool
Glazing, delicate fabrics, and textured curtains temper daylight so rooms stay bright without glare. Automation governs temperature, ventilation, and curtains with small, almost invisible shifts that track the sun. A metal bookcase with a stretched-mesh back becomes a glowing screen at night—part storage, part sculpture that marks the social hub. Across the day, light routes people through the house with a gentle nudge.
Rooms Meet The Garden
Wide doors fold open to a backyard arranged for long afternoons: pool, jacuzzi, open-air lounge, and a bar set for friends. Wooden ceilings and columns extend the interior rhythm outdoors, while natural stone grounds thresholds with a cool underfoot feel. Mashrabiya panels cast shifting patterns over terraces and rooms, adding shade and quiet privacy. The result is active and calm, tuned to both gathering and rest.
Material Moments
Nuvolato marble forms a sweeping stair that catches light and anchors movement. Wood, stone, and marble meet in measured combinations: warm, durable, tactile. In social areas, textures register at the hand and underfoot to guide pace and use. Throughout, solar panels and a reheating system back the outdoor program, aligning comfort with efficiency.
Evening settles and patterns from the mashrabiya drift across walls. The pool hums, curtains move, and the stair holds a last glow. Daily routines find their mark in rooms made to be used—well and often.
Photography by Eduardo Macários
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