Goitacazes Castle was the result of my second attempt to materialize the architectural design based on octagonal turrets, straight ledges and 45° chamfers. The sketch was started at the beginning of the year 2000 and was developed around a large hall with a staircase, around which the other spaces were distributed. The project was very faithful to that sketch, on the corresponding floor. At that time, I could not imagine a staircase that would suit the already conceived central hall. So, when I resumed the project in 2007, I reformulated this hall, giving it an elongated octagonal shape. And upon completing the project, I used the set of stairs from the Au Bon Marchè store (Paris, 1876), consisting of a pair of curved stairs followed by a straight staircase in the shape of a “T”, an idea that enchanted me during college. The dome that closes this hall, positioned obliquely to the elevations, is the culminating element of the composition's volume.

For the elevations, I used the “serliana” party, a larger window with a full arch flanked by two smaller straight windows. And I was inspired by English and French buildings from the first half of the 19th century. The result was a castle of modest dimensions and quite cozy, which doesn’t fail to show the beauty and grandeur of my architecture. As a curiosity, the social and service entrances are positioned practically side by side.