Set on a site with a steep slope, Casa 4 Águas was born out of the encounter between the client's desire for a country house with traditional references such as an exposed roof, generous eaves and natural materials and the contemporary approach that characterizes the projects of 24 7 Arquitetura.

The initial request for a single-storey house came up against the limits of the plot's topography. The solution found was to organize the house on two floors, while guaranteeing a completely horizontal living space on the upper level. The first floor, facing the street, houses only the garage, storage room and entrance hall. From there, a staircase leads to the main floor of the house, which is organized as a linear pavilion, set perpendicular to the street and facing the side of the plot.

The distribution of the rooms reflects this longitudinal logic: when accessing the upper floor, the visitor arrives at the center of the pavilion. To the left is the intimate area with an office, two bedrooms and the master suite. To the right are the social areas - living room, dining room, gourmet area and kitchen. All the rooms open onto the side garden, where there is a swimming pool, lawn and landscaping that make up the outside area of the house.

The materiality reinforces the project's intention: the upper block is built in reinforced concrete, but is clad in ceramic brick, which is also present on the large plane of the front façade, which acts as a retaining wall. Slatted cumaru wood panels act as brises, protecting the bedrooms and making up the volume of the house.

The hipped roof, which gives the project its name, is made up of exposed ceramic tiles and a wooden ceiling, with continuous eaves that add up to solar protection and volumetric coherence. Between the exposed concrete slab of the upper floor and the sloping roof, the house takes on a pure, linear and elegant form, the result of a balance between tradition, technique and contemporaneity.