The architecture firm Tetro, founded by Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes and Igor Macedo, explores new design approaches in harmony with local ecosystems.

This 500-square-meter modernist house, located in Nova Lima in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is intended as a response to a sensitive interpretation of the site, situated on a steep slope and immersed in the lush nature of the Atlantic rainforest. "Casa Açucena is like a white flower in the middle of nature," the architects poetically describe.

It seems to flourish and float in the environment teeming with birds and wildlife. Perched on stilts, this concrete and opalescent glass dwelling rises 15 meters above the ground, playing with the tree canopy from below, while animal and plant life continues to thrive below. Composed of various geometric volumes, the architecture occupies the empty spaces between the trees, where randomly placed black pillars blend into the trunks. Tetro thus plays superbly with natural materials, such as the terrace flooring, the pool's reflecting pool, and the numerous windows that mirror the vegetation, creating an endless panorama of Brazilian nature.

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