Fazenda Boa Vista, Porto Feliz, São Paulo, Brazil
About this story
Bosque House is a single-family residence by FGMF on a 14,300-square-meter site in Fazenda Boa Vista, with an official building area of 3,000 square meters. Mature sculptural trees occupy the site's center, while a gradual but consequential slope informed a dispersed arrangement of pavilions, paths, and courtyards around a central park. Linear stone gables follow and reveal the topography, support attached pavilions, and continue inside the main house alongside exposed-concrete planes. A broad timber covering plane is held apart visually from the stone and concrete, creating openings for circulation and framed views. An orthogonal upper pavilion containing bedrooms rests above the principal block and forms a substantial cantilever over a courtyard. Patios of different scales extend the interior-exterior sequence and accommodate large works from the clients' collection of Brazilian art. FGMF credits Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes, and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz as authors; Gabriel Mota as creative director; Desyree Niedo, Gabriel Mota, Guilherme Prado, Juliana Cadó, and Luciana Bacin as managers; and João Baptistella, Larissa Sartori, Letícia Gonzalez, and Priscylla Hayashi as coordinators. Contributors are Amanda Domingues, Bárbara Dolabella, Bruno Suman, Caio Armbrust, Carolina Hirata, Diogo Mondini, Eduardo Saran, Eduardo Piovesan, Fabiana Kalaigian, Flávia Prado, Guilherme Canadeu, Gustavo Hohmann, Iacy Gottschalk, José Carlos Navarro, Julia Jobim, Julio de Luca, Karina Nakaura, Lucas Lima, Mariana Leme, Otávio Araújo Costa, Raquel Gregorio, and Victor Lucena. Interns are Ana Paula Sapia, Aryane Diaz, Flávia Moura, Giovanna Custódio, Guilherme Pulvirenti, Henrique Dias, José Beltrami, Matheus Soares, Michelle Vasques, Rafael Mourão, and Vinícius Romano. The official page credits Laer as constructor, Raul Pereira personally as landscape designer, Studio IX as lighting designer, and Fran Parente as photographer. ArchDaily additionally credits the following manufacturers or suppliers without defining their individual scopes: Hyline, Ager Marcenaria, Artecor, Assistec, Belas Artes, Carvalho e Carvalho, De Mármore, Deca, Dimlux, Dix, Durafloor, Fenix, Kimini, LIS, Laminan, Lumini, Luxion, Monteiro, Oficina da marcenaria, Ornare, PSJ, Pagliotto, Parket, Pillon, Portinari, REKA, Securit, Tecnofeal, Terra Contemporânea, and Tresuno.
Status and timeline
Design began in 2018 and construction was completed in 2022. FGMF's official project page carries an August 23, 2024 timestamp. The selected English-language ArchDaily article was published September 24, 2026.
Design highlights
Topography-driven site occupation; retention and framing of mature central trees; a dispersed field of pavilions and courtyards rather than a singular object; stone gables that reveal the slope and organize the program; deliberate visual separation of stone, exposed concrete, and timber; indoor-outdoor continuity; integration of large-scale Brazilian art; and an upper bedroom pavilion cantilevered over the courtyard.
