Tetro Architecture: Winner of World Design Awards 2025. Seriema House is located in a bucolic refuge on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte. To access it, you must cross a mountain range, a journey that marks a transition. By leaving behind the noise of the city, visitors enter a serene environment, fully integrated with nature.

The site where the house was built reveals two distinct scenarios. On one side, a wide and open view of the mountains; on the other, a dense forest, full of trees. In this balance between expansive landscape and shaded refuge, the house fits in harmoniously. Seriemas, typical birds from the region, roam freely around the place and inspired the name of the residence.

More than a home, the house was designed as a space for pause. A place to read, rest, contemplate the landscape and share moments with friends. The resident’s desire was to create an environment for meeting and reading, where architecture would dialogue with poetry.

In architecture, poetry is made with drawing, and the freer it is, the deeper it is. Here, the poetic line materializes in a winding wall, which divides the house into two worlds. On one side, the welcome space: bright, full of sounds, music and movement, with an open view of the mountains. On the other, the space for retreat: silent, introspective, immersed in the shadows of the forest, dedicated to rest and reading.The materiality reinforces this connection with the landscape. The winding wall, covered in black stones, contrasts with the white stoned floor. The house is both a shelter and a living experience. A single material, the stones, defines its essence. Seriema House is time, river, mountain, cave. It is, above all, poetry.

Previsão de conclusão da obra / Completion Year: 2024
Área total construída (m²) / Total Built Area (m²) : 350 m²
Outros participantes / Contributors:
Bruno Bontempo
Bianca Carvalho
Bruna Maciel
Carolina Amaral
Saulo Saraiva
Sabrina Freitas
Estrutural / Structure: Cálculo Concreto
Hidráulico; Elétrico / Hydraulic; Electric: CA engenharia
Projeto Luminotécnico / Lighting Design: Iluminar
Lista de Fabricantes / List of Manufacturers:
Construtora / Construction: Techno
Esquadrias /Windows and Glasses: Cinex
Revestimentos, Louças e metais / Cladding, Ceramics and Metals: Bel Lar
Pedras / Stones: Art Pedras
Marcenaria, armários cozinha / Carpentry, Woodwork : Líder
Marmoraria / Marblework: Mármores LTDA
Climatização /Air conditioning: Grupo Orlando
Móveis / Furniture:  São Romão Cortinas / Curtain: Ana Luisa Decorações

Project Details:-
Firm
Tetro Architecture

Architect
Carlos Maia

Project Name
Seriema House

Project Category
House Design (Built)

Team
Carlos Maia, Debora Mendes, Igor Macedo

Project Location
Brumadinho, Brazil

Country
Brazil

Photography ©Credit
©Luisa Lage

TETRO

Architectural office based in Belo Horizonte – Brazil, and operating globally, Tetro is formed by the architects Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes and Igor Macedo. The office’s professional practice is based on the careful study of the premises and conditions of the location and the client, seeking a unique and irreplicable solution for each project. Fundamentals such as integration with nature, use of natural materials and exploration of empty spaces are characteristics that permeate all the works.