Brazilian architect Ruy Ohtake, the master of Brazilian modernism, has passed away in São Paulo, at 83 years of age. To honour his memory, we revisit the Tomie Ohtake Residence, which he designed in 1968 for his parents and named after his mother, abst...
, has passed away in São Paulo, at 83 years of age. To honour his memory, we revisit the Tomie Ohtake Residence, which he designed in 1968 for his parents and named after his mother, abstract painter Tomie Ohtake.
Ohtake rebelled against the pragmatic Paulista School of architecture in Sao Paulo and emphasised organic shapes in his work, using concrete sculpturally, an approach mostly seen among the architecture developed in Rio, and especially that by Oscar Niemeyer. Ohtake takes any comparison between his work and Niemeyer’s as a great compliment.
The design was progressive even then – a live/work space was not a typical request in the 1960s. The plan is extremely simple: a large rectangular space with an adjacent garden and swimming pool area. Years after its completion, an adjacent lot was added to the house as a service area. This addition is so well integrated into the early scheme that it is barely detectable. The main house, decades on, still feels contemporary with its appealing flowing concrete forms.
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