Brazil is one of the largest countries in the world, covering an area that goes from the Equator to beyond the Tropic of Capricorn, presenting a wide variety of climates and vegetation, which implies in the diverse natural landscape, flora and fauna for which the country is known. Residential architecture, when considered from its location, must adapt to the conditions of the surroundings, transforming its design according to the climate and morphology. We have gathered below a selection of Brazilian houses that respond to the natural environment in which they are located.
Aziz Ab’Saber, one of the most renowned Brazilian geographers, mapped and studied the national territory, transforming the understanding of its natural features. His research recognizes six major landscape and macroecological domains, known as morphoclimatic domains, which are environments with relief characteristics, soil types, vegetation and specific climatic-hydrological conditions. Between the domains there are transition bands.
