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Edifício Jardim
Edifício Jardim
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Edifício Jardim
Curitiba, Brazil
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
A good architectural design is nothing more than a solution to certain problems. However, it is common to create solutions even before we deeply understand the issues involved in the project. When this happens, the project becomes fragile and prone to questioning and changes, and at the first breeze, it may turn upside down. That’s why understanding the true problems is essential for creating a solid foundation for building ideas. For this to happen, the team’s ability for self-criticism is crucial. We need to have empathy for the people who will live in and interact with that architecture, even if it means destroying our own ideas.
In the garden project, this phase was quite long and intense. There were several mistakes and torn studies, which led us back to a blank sheet of paper. But the beauty of this process, although a bit cliché, is discovering how important it is to make mistakes. Only then do we learn and gain confidence that we’ve found the right path.
The fact is, the plot of land is large, and its geometry is quite irregular, which creates many possibilities for placement. At the beginning, like in all projects, in order for the developer to ensure a good return on investment, we tried to maximize the construction potential of the lot. After many drawings and models, we concluded that the irregularity of the lot created the sensation of the development being cramped, a “turkey on a saucer,” and that was the problem.
By analyzing the possibilities with the developer, we concluded that in order to improve, we would have to reduce the size of the building, eliminating some apartments. It was about giving up numbers to gain quality. Since Idee never compromises on quality, they calculated how much we could lose without making the project unfeasible.
Once the decision was made, the project emerged very naturally: from the desire to free up space and gain proportionality in relation to the lot. We wanted the feeling of freedom. That being said, the solution was simple: we concentrated the apartments in a single block. The more the building is concentrated, the more open space is created. That’s the idea!
The single block and the creation of a large garden made it possible to give quality to all the apartments. Every apartment will have sunlight! Half of the units will have a view of the MON and the forest, while the other half will look out onto the new garden created. In architecture, open space is just as important as the built structure. In this project, the achievement of this space was so important that it ended up naming the development, and we began calling it "Jardim" (Garden).
With this layout, the triangular plot, which was previously a problem, now works perfectly, as it frees up 30 meters of open space on the facade, creating a significant distance from the neighbors. The solution also allows the apartments facing the garden to have a view of the street, which is excellent for both the residents and the city.
The layout solution also guided the other decisions in the project. On the facade, we created a large garden in the front setback, open, offering this space to the city. The boundary between public and private space is a stone wall, which serves as a pedestal for the tower that rises above it. The slabs project outward and define the floors, forming continuous lines that wrap around the building, giving unity to its volume.
The large garden is to the right of the observer from the street, and in it, we designed the entrance to the building and a small commercial space, important for giving life to the 60 meters of the building's facade. The entrance is, as Le Corbusier would say, an architectural promenade, a walk through the architecture and landscaping designed by Rodrigo.
After passing through the access control, one can observe the tower from a certain distance, which allows for a quick understanding of the project’s layout. The visitor is guided to an open gallery with a view of the garden. The gallery is marked on one side by the rhythm of the building’s pillars, and on the other by the common areas of the condominium, all glassed in and also facing the garden. Between these glass volumes are also the elevator accesses.
Therefore, this gallery plays a very important role in the project. It is a major connector between internal and external spaces, between the natural and the built, between common areas and private areas, between light and shadow. It is a reference to the veranda of the traditional Brazilian house.
The beauty of this story lies in telling that architecture is a process, it is practice, it is persistence, it is the work of a team in search of problems and solutions. But in Jardim, in particular, perhaps we were a little more determined than usual. It must have been that huge Eye right around the corner. It was as if Oscar were watching us: don’t make a mistake!
In the garden project, this phase was quite long and intense. There were several mistakes and torn studies, which led us back to a blank sheet of paper. But the beauty of this process, although a bit cliché, is discovering how important it is to make mistakes. Only then do we learn and gain confidence that we’ve found the right path.
The fact is, the plot of land is large, and its geometry is quite irregular, which creates many possibilities for placement. At the beginning, like in all projects, in order for the developer to ensure a good return on investment, we tried to maximize the construction potential of the lot. After many drawings and models, we concluded that the irregularity of the lot created the sensation of the development being cramped, a “turkey on a saucer,” and that was the problem.
By analyzing the possibilities with the developer, we concluded that in order to improve, we would have to reduce the size of the building, eliminating some apartments. It was about giving up numbers to gain quality. Since Idee never compromises on quality, they calculated how much we could lose without making the project unfeasible.
Once the decision was made, the project emerged very naturally: from the desire to free up space and gain proportionality in relation to the lot. We wanted the feeling of freedom. That being said, the solution was simple: we concentrated the apartments in a single block. The more the building is concentrated, the more open space is created. That’s the idea!
The single block and the creation of a large garden made it possible to give quality to all the apartments. Every apartment will have sunlight! Half of the units will have a view of the MON and the forest, while the other half will look out onto the new garden created. In architecture, open space is just as important as the built structure. In this project, the achievement of this space was so important that it ended up naming the development, and we began calling it "Jardim" (Garden).
With this layout, the triangular plot, which was previously a problem, now works perfectly, as it frees up 30 meters of open space on the facade, creating a significant distance from the neighbors. The solution also allows the apartments facing the garden to have a view of the street, which is excellent for both the residents and the city.
The layout solution also guided the other decisions in the project. On the facade, we created a large garden in the front setback, open, offering this space to the city. The boundary between public and private space is a stone wall, which serves as a pedestal for the tower that rises above it. The slabs project outward and define the floors, forming continuous lines that wrap around the building, giving unity to its volume.
The large garden is to the right of the observer from the street, and in it, we designed the entrance to the building and a small commercial space, important for giving life to the 60 meters of the building's facade. The entrance is, as Le Corbusier would say, an architectural promenade, a walk through the architecture and landscaping designed by Rodrigo.
After passing through the access control, one can observe the tower from a certain distance, which allows for a quick understanding of the project’s layout. The visitor is guided to an open gallery with a view of the garden. The gallery is marked on one side by the rhythm of the building’s pillars, and on the other by the common areas of the condominium, all glassed in and also facing the garden. Between these glass volumes are also the elevator accesses.
Therefore, this gallery plays a very important role in the project. It is a major connector between internal and external spaces, between the natural and the built, between common areas and private areas, between light and shadow. It is a reference to the veranda of the traditional Brazilian house.
The beauty of this story lies in telling that architecture is a process, it is practice, it is persistence, it is the work of a team in search of problems and solutions. But in Jardim, in particular, perhaps we were a little more determined than usual. It must have been that huge Eye right around the corner. It was as if Oscar were watching us: don’t make a mistake!
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