ALMOST DAILY VLOG

Regina understood what worked in Maraú — materials, suppliers, construction methods suited to humid coastal Bahia. From the beginning, the house needed to fit the land. Zoning required 60% permeable ground. Beyond regulation, we wanted to preserve native vegetation. The region is part of an estuary ecosystem — fragile and pressured. Building a sustainable coastal house was not aesthetic. It was technical. Drainage, airflow, soil behavior, rainfall patterns. Within budget and

In my delusions, I wanted a tropical modernist house in Maraú. Flat roof, sharp lines, glass everywhere, perfectly calculated brise-soleils. That clean Pinterest aesthetic — tropical modernist house goals . It felt entirely possible. Until the climate joined the conversation. Here it rains vertically, horizontally, and — at times — metaphysically. Yes, we could have done it. But it wasn’t worth the emotional cost of trusting a heroic gutter system. Against water, we have very

Square meters and reality. We arrived in Maraú with a dream, a full architectural project, and a rented car. In our optimistic timeline, we would move in within a year. The original design had two floors and over 300 square meters. That was when we understood the real cost of building in coastal Bahia. Sandy soil. High groundwater. Difficult logistics. Limited transport. Costs doubling quickly. And as we began living there, it became clear the house was too aggressive for the

Bacurau Is Here and Now. Tetéia Is Coming. It was all blueprints and wild vegetation. In this photo, from left to right: Rodris, Regina, and Alcinei. This is the first entry of the Almost Daily — and as the name suggests, it won’t be daily. Nor will it be linear. A lot had already happened. Building a house in the middle of the woods, near the sea, in a village of just over 600 people, is quite an undertaking — especially if you are coming from São Paulo, where human time and