Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Residência TM, designed by Jacobsen Arquitetura, is a single-story contemporary residence in the countryside of São Paulo, set on a sloping site and conceived for a mother and her two daughters, with strong integration to nature and outdoor living. The project is organized into four volumes: the main block with master suite and social areas, two independent volumes for each daughter, and a fourth volume housing the garage and service areas, all positioned so the house seems to gently rest on the terrain.
With a generous ceiling height, large glass panels and a striking overhang in the social area, the house is light, horizontal and filled with natural light, balancing transparency and privacy through its slightly elevated position and the use of wooden shutters in the bedrooms. Natural materials (bush-hammered stone, wood) and soft, indirect lighting enhance the warm atmosphere, while landscape design and carefully crafted proportions between the higher living room, lower bedrooms and generous eaves create a fluid relationship between indoors and outdoors.
Presented by Oficina de Marcenaria
Learn more at: https://oficinademarcenaria.com.br/
Project: TM House
Architecture: Jacobsen Arquitetura
Woodwork: Oficina de Marcenaria
Film: Architecture Hunter
Location: Porto Feliz, SP, Brazil
Cover Image: Fernando Guerra
00:00 – Introduction to TM House
00:26 – Site topography and the home’s spatial flow
01:01 – Distribution of the program throughout the house
02:06 – Architectural strategies to bring lightness to the design
03:19 – Light as the leading element of the project
03:59 – Volumes, privacy, and transparency in dialogue
04:45 – Use of natural materials to create balance
05:48 – Design studies that led to the final proposal
06:03 – Massing designed around voids and landscape integration
07:29 – Final image
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The Residência TM, designed by Jacobsen Arquitetura, is a single-story contemporary residence in the countryside of São Paulo, set on a sloping site and conceived for a mother and her two daughters, with strong integration to nature and outdoor living. The project is organized into four volumes: the main block with master suite and social areas, two independent volumes for each daughter, and a fourth volume housing the garage and service areas, all positioned so the house seems to gently rest on the terrain.
With a generous ceiling height, large glass panels and a striking overhang in the social area, the house is light, horizontal and filled with natural light, balancing transparency and privacy through its slightly elevated position and the use of wooden shutters in the bedrooms. Natural materials (bush-hammered stone, wood) and soft, indirect lighting enhance the warm atmosphere, while landscape design and carefully crafted proportions between the higher living room, lower bedrooms and generous eaves create a fluid relationship between indoors and outdoors.
Presented by Oficina de Marcenaria
Learn more at: https://oficinademarcenaria.com.br/
Project: TM House
Architecture: Jacobsen Arquitetura
Woodwork: Oficina de Marcenaria
Film: Architecture Hunter
Location: Porto Feliz, SP, Brazil
Cover Image: Fernando Guerra
00:00 – Introduction to TM House
00:26 – Site topography and the home’s spatial flow
01:01 – Distribution of the program throughout the house
02:06 – Architectural strategies to bring lightness to the design
03:19 – Light as the leading element of the project
03:59 – Volumes, privacy, and transparency in dialogue
04:45 – Use of natural materials to create balance
05:48 – Design studies that led to the final proposal
06:03 – Massing designed around voids and landscape integration
07:29 – Final image
Get to know other recent videos:
Interviews with the Creators: Studio MK27’s Biribinhas Private Beach House:
youtu.be/GI0H8tgoZpg
Gem of Private Brazilian Beaches: Studio MK27's Biribinhas Coastal Masterpiece:
youtu.be/bFygwzLR718
Interview: The Vision of Jacobsen Inside a Suspended Beach House in Rio de Janeiro:
youtu.be/xN1YbN1Jgws
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