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Casa Cajuí in Manaus, Amazonas

12 December 2025

Design: Laurent Troost Architectures

Location: Manaus, Amazonas, North Region of Brasil

With light geometry and minimal impact, Casa Cajuí integrates itself into the terrain and the Amazon rainforest.

Photos: Susan Valentim

Casa Cajuí, Manaus, Brazil

Manaus, 2025 – Designed by Laurent Troost Architectures, Casa Cajuí emerges from a precise reading of the natural slope and the dense forest that surrounds the site. Located in Manaus, the residence was conceived as an organism permeable to the equatorial climate, preserving the original topography and strengthening the dialogue between architecture, ventilation, and landscape.

The siting strategy uses the natural incline as its foundation, supporting the main volume in cantilever and projecting the house toward the forest while freeing the ground below. This gesture creates a continuous veranda facing the trees — an overlook, a contemplative space, and a social area that structures the transition between indoors and outdoors. The visual axis extends all the way to the lake at the back of the plot, allowing visitors, from the very entrance, to see through the house toward the water surface and its reflections.

The preservation-oriented approach also guided the floor plan. No trees were cut to build Casa Cajuí; instead, the existing vegetation defined the zigzag geometry that characterizes the project. On the wooden deck, two cupuaçu trees remain as spatial anchors, while the courtyard accommodates a large avocado tree whose canopy required a precise cutout in the roof so the house could settle in close proximity to it. This approach demanded careful design of the foundations, positioned to avoid damaging the roots and ensure the integrity of all preserved species.

Integrated climatic performance

The social block is protected by a single-slope cast-in-place concrete roof whose thickness provides high thermal inertia — fundamental in the equatorial climate. The inclined form follows the natural path of the prevailing winds, which guide the entire opening system: windows are lower where the wind enters and higher where it exits, ensuring permanent cross-ventilation.

Casa Cajuí Manaus film on e-architect’s YouTube.

The roof incorporates a set of upper fins that accelerate airflow and visually lighten the concrete plane, producing an unexpected delicacy for such a massive element. Combined with the elevation of the house above ground to avoid humidity, this system eliminates the need for air conditioning.

In the private block, the roof unfolds into two pitches, generating geometric continuity aligned with the topography and reinforcing the longitudinal character of the layout. Permeability is enhanced by continuous openings between walls and roof, keeping the house in constant respiration. The bedrooms feature wooden louver panels installed in aluminum frames, without glass or screens — a solution that ensures full ventilation, reduces costs, and maintains environmental comfort.

Duplicated topography and new landscape layers

The relationship with the terrain guides the entire spatial experience. The architecture replicates the natural topography through two terraces that support the project. Inside, three subtle level changes shape the living room as an artificial topography that extends toward the actual slope.
The roof serves as a third layer in this topographic construction: a walkable set of inclined planes. The upper path, requested by the client for stargazing, offers a unique vantage point in the clearing above the living room, where the absence of urban light allows for a clear reading of the Amazon sky.

Infrastructure and future phases

The residence is already equipped with a rainwater collection system, which will later be connected to a recycling system now in development. A swimming pool, also designed for the project, will be built in a future phase.

Matter, light, and air in continuity

At dusk, the concrete reveals texture and movement as lighting runs along the asymmetrical eave, highlighting the geometry of the roof. Casa Cajuí combines minimal intervention, climatic performance, and a sensitive integration with the Amazonian environment — an architecture that orchestrates light, air, and matter in continuous interplay.

Pupunha House in Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil – Property Information

Location: Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

Architecture: Laurent Troost Architectures – https://www.instagram.com/laurenttroost/

Landscape design: Hana Eto Gall / Flora Eto – https://www.instagram.com/arq.hanaetogall/

Structure and building systems: Silvio Heimbecker
Construction: JCR Soluções Construtivas
Model: Bareporanga

Photos: Susan Valentim
Video (Drive): Rodrigo Valle
Parkour Athletes (Vídeo Drive): Spider PK e Keuri Jezrrel

Casa Cajuí, Amazonas, Brasil film on YouTube.

Troost + Pessoa Architects

Troost + Pessoa results from the union between Laurent Troost Architectures and VIPE Arquitetura. Laurent Troost, a Belgian architect based in Brazil, leads the studio that bears his name; Vitor Pessoa, originally from Piauí and living in Manaus since childhood, is the founder of VIPE.

Their partnership establishes a collaborative practice in which shared process prevails over the traditional notion of individual authorship. The architectural studio develops projects that investigate climate, territory, and equatorial architectural strategies, with particular emphasis on minimal intervention, environmental performance, and the synthesis of landscape, structure, and contemporary dwelling. Their joint trajectory has earned national and international recognition: Troost + Pessoa has received 48 awards in Brazil and abroad.

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Location: Manaus, Brasil, South America.