São Paulo-based architecture firm ARKITITO has completed Casa Toca, a 3700-square-foot hybrid residence designed for an architect-artist couple and their two daughters in the city’s bohemian Vila Madalena neighborhood. The three-story project, a recent winner at the iF Design Awards, combines residential functions with creative workspaces, including painting and music studios, as well as social areas for entertaining. Image credit: Fran ParenteImage credit: Fran ParentePositioned on a steeply sloped corner lot, the home responds to challenging site conditions with a mixed structural system of steel and cross-laminated timber. According to the team, the design seeks to integrate architecture, engineering, and art into a single cohesive structure that adapts to the terrain through a layered spatial organization. Image credit: Fran ParenteImage credit: Fran ParenteThe building’s massing emerges from the center of a tree-filled plot. External facades are treated according to orientation...