In 2016, the clients hired Studio Guilherme Torres to develop an interior project for an apartment purchased while still on the floor plan. The building, possibly from the end of the 50’s, built in a tree-lined but central neighborhood, presented a miscellany of styles, coming from successive expansions and renovations, but it had the ideal area. An ambitious renovation project began, which reconfigured all the spaces and brought the construction. Some distribution points in the house were maintained, such as the garage and services at the front, as well as the stairway position. Others were completely reconfigured, such as the living room, which now completely unfolds to the back of the land, where the swimming pool and leisure area were repositioned. During the demolition phase, many structures were in a precarious state, which ended up generating a completely new structural design, which was redone from scratch. A request from the owner was that the house be extremely luminous, with as many openings as possible and with materials that reflect natural light. For this purpose, the use of minimalist aluminum and glass frames, white marble throughout the ground floor, and some walls in raw Travertino, chosen for the entire outdoor area, including as a coating for the pool, were explored. Pivoting doors and walls that hide openings and cabinets were covered with a species of extremely resistant Scandinavian pine that has a naturally greyish hue. Most important of all, the house ended up getting a rooftop of around 150 sqm, which was completely intended as a space for the three children. The children’s furniture, which includes in addition to cabinets, stage, climbing walls, running track, “little shop” and “kitchen” were all developed by Studio’s architects, in partnership with the client.
CREDITS
Architectural Design: Studio Guilherme Torres
Landscape Design: Alex Hanazaki
Project Area: 1.226 sqm
Building Date: 2020
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Photography: Denilson Machado – MCA Estudio
NATURAL STONE:
GROUND FLOOR COVERINGS, PATIO, POOL SIDE
MARBLE
GROUND FLOOR WALLS
TRAVERTINE