Second Skin Created from White Bricks in this House in Brasília

Important public buildings in Brasilia have white as the predominant external color, whether in painted surfaces or coverings. It can be said that the color white is, therefore, an important architectural element in the Monumental Axis in Brasília. Therefore, the decision to paint the house white came from the idea of appropriating this characteristic of the city. The color white also functions as a common “language” that unites the different materials in the building, such as concrete, masonry, metal and solid bricks. The White Bricks House was built in an extremely artisanal way by masons-craftsmen, in a slow and precise process. Although it is a constructive process that is not very widespread in Brasília nowadays, the use of exposed solid bricks has a constructive complexity that requires precision and constructive refinement, elements that are very present in the most representative public buildings of Brasilia. Built on a residential complex in the Lago Sul region of Brasíli