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 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.
Located in São Paulo, the interior renovation project of this 800 square-meter house – with the original architecture designed by Studio MK27 and completed in 2005 – had as its premise the adaptation of the social wing to the new life stage of the residents.
Located in a private area and between two access roads, one for vehicles and the other one for pedestrians, the ”U” plan gently opens onto the lawn and palm trees, framing them and placing a pool in its center.
After the first conversation with the future resident, it was decided that the integration of the environments would be achieved through the use of a small material palette and that the furniture would, whenever possible, pass through more than one room.
Built from scratch, this 400 m² house located in the heart of São Paulo (Brazil) has 3 levels: a garage on the lower floor, a social area on the ground floor, and a private wing on the upper floor.
The Patio Guapuruvu Hous was designed to minimize impact on the landscape, whether through the use of excavated soil to build the rammed earth walls or the choice of sustainably sourced wood.
The Sun Shelter (Refúgio do Sol) emerges as an elegant country house designed to welcome a couple during the weekends. The project embraces a fusion of construction techniques, such as rammed earth, hand-rammed earth and reinforced mortar
Like all projects from the office, the inspiration for this house was to find the balance between the built space and the environment. Not only with regards to the structural design in wood but also considering the local climate conditions.