Sabá Apartment / Estúdio BRA Arquitetura
The program organization comes from a wooden box, which includes: dormitory, bathrooms, kitchen and laundry. This volume assumes a sensitive quality, once that it seems to be fitted in the previous space.
The Estudio BRA was founded in 2012 by André Di Gregorio and Rodrigo Maçonilio, architects and urban planners from the Faculdade Belas Artes de São Paulo.
André and Rodrigo consolidate at Estudio BRA his comprehensive and multidisciplinary vision of architecture, which, always open to partnerships and collaborations, moves from the residential scale to the questions of the great metropolis.
Today, in its short trajectory, Estúdio BRA has already collected a total of 6 award-winning projects in public architecture competitions, in addition to being part of the exhibition “routes” organized by the Museum of Fine Arts in São Paulo.
Passing through Bernardes & Jacobsen Arquitetura and collaborating in contests at Estúdio América, André and Rodrigo consolidate at Estudio BRA his comprehensive and multidisciplinary vision of architecture, which, always open to partnerships and collaborations, moves from the residential scale to the questions of the great metropolis.
An essentially contemporary architecture and adaptable to the most different scales and programs.
LOCATION: São Paulo, Brazil
LEARN MORE: estudiobra.com
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