Casa da Luz / Delton Leandro Arquitetura

Casa da Luz / Delton Leandro Arquitetura
Textual content description offered by the architects. The place nature and magnificence meet in good concord. Consolation and tranquility amidst the pure panorama of Bahia.

Casa da Luz is situated atop a cliff in Espelho Seaside, in southern Bahia. The development is an attractive instance of architectural symbiosis, the place native tradition and fashionable options coexist, bringing distinctive sensations.

With a purpose to preserve the unique vegetation and protect the standard species of the area, the home was in-built blocks interconnected by a central atrium, which additionally serves as an entrance corridor. The mission smooths out the slope of the terrain utilizing terraces, contained by discreet stone partitions, which regardless of bringing orthogonal options, comply with the terrain’s contour strains.

On the entrance of the property, subsequent to the storage, is the service block coated by a picket pergola and surrounded by a backyard of enormous leaves. This construction accommodates a big laundry room, linen room, storage room, and a set for workers with a view of a garden and delightful coconut and mango timber.

The principle circulation axis consists of a picket walkway that goes from the social entrance portal of the home, passing by way of the central atrium, to a easy chapel in the back of the property.

The atrium is the guts of the home and was impressed by an oriental backyard, with a sand patio, an attractive flamboyant tree within the heart, surrounded by decks coated with pergolas and with panels pivoting in biriba that resemble screens – a Bahian model of Japanese gardens.

The social block was positioned within the heart of the property and has longitudinal glass enclosures with massive sliding doorways, offering whole integration with the atrium, the exterior veranda, the connoisseur space, the pool, and the jacuzzi. The sensation one will get on this house is permeability, freedom, and concord.


Gentle. At each hour of the day, at each passing cloud, gentle enters by way of the home windows and cracks, creating an ephemeral and pure impact, a visible spectacle that may be appreciated from completely different factors of the home. Strolling by way of the corridors resulting in the suites, that are closed by biriba, one can understand the play of sunshine and shadow that prints on the ground and partitions.


The rooms are oriented in direction of the dawn and have a view of a grove of native timber. It’s a small spectacle to observe the sunshine permeating the forest and flooding the inside of the rooms, making a serene environment through the morning. The suite loos are spacious and fashionable, their stone partitions and personal gardens deliver a comfy and pure feeling.

Non secular syncretism is current all through the home, from the oratories carved into the partitions subsequent to the doorway of every suite to the small chapel constructed additional again on the property, which was conceived as an area for introspection and contemplation.
