Domestic Labour: The Architectural Problem
By Torsdag © An article in the Economist newspaper dated 17 Dec 2011 titled "Domestic labour: the servant problem" prompted this blog. It describes the similarities between early 20 th century Britain and early 21 century Brazil regarding household servants. I remembered said article at a later date when I stumbled upon a featured house in Dwell magazine, located in São Paulo, Brazil. The house, artfully situated on a hillside, is sighted to take advantage of the “staggering view of São Paulo”, says the article. One wends his/her way from the street level upwards to private areas (bedrooms, etc) on the second floor and public living and entertaining areas on the third. Or vice versa. garage dining room living room pool master bedroom "staggering"sao paulo view All above photos courtesy of dwell.com This is a beautiful house by any standard. Well bashment. The floorplans give a better understandin...