Apartment Apinagés

São Paulo, Brazil

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Apartment Apinagés

São Paulo, Brazil

Firm

Zoom Urbanismo

Type

Residential › Apartment

YEAR

2012

In the neighborhood of Perdizes, in São Paulo, a young couple (an executive and a graphic designer) purchased the top apartment in a four-storey
charming and old building.

The big windows, the high ceiling and the good quality of the wooden floor (all common in old constructions) showed that the apartment had potential,
but the closed spaces, divided by the walls, had poor lighting and ventilation and deteriorated wall coverings.

The internal distribuition of the apartment was reorganized in order to optimize and integrate the spaces. The social area became wide and articulated
with the kitchen and the back balcony, which also contains the laundry.

A big shelf/cabinet/stand, with a dynamic set of full and empty spaces, links the living room with the kitchen. The shelves and cabinets have different heights,
so that many objects could be stored and shown. The cabinet doors have small holes that, combined, form the geometry of constelations. The holes are also handles for the cabinets.