A holiday home floating in the Brazilian forest

Immersed in nature, Casa Monóculo is a holiday retreat hidden among the trees, designed by Brazilian architecture studio Alan Chu. Located in the Eldorado district, an urban expansion of the city of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil, the project establishes a symbiotic kin with the green landscape of a protected natural area.  The dwelling is suspended on black metal pillars to preserve the land and vegetation below but also to have an excellent view of the surrounding mountains. Thus, floating 5 metres above the ground, among the leaves, the bulding houses a 40-square-metre indoor surface, completed by a 38-square-metre terrace, which becomes the spatial focus establishing a perfectly balanced relationship with the landscape.

In its prismatic shape, the residence is a reference to the first camera, with which daguerreotypes were produced: a trapezoidal prism with the faces of the short sides designed to let light through. 
The dark, metallic volume, accessible via a staircase that channels the impression of climbing a tree, expands in height from the 3 metres of the entrance to the 4.5 metres of the opposite facade, which looks out over the landscape, allowing it to invade the entire space.