Located in Blumenau, Brazil, this garden apartment was designed as a generous home for a family that values hospitality, Brazilian design, and a close connection with nature. Developed from the building’s construction phase, the project allowed the layout, infrastructure, and interior solutions to be planned around the family’s daily rituals and their frequent gatherings with friends and relatives.
The main living area brings together living, dining, kitchen, and outdoor spaces in a fluid sequence designed for entertaining. The absence of a television in the living room was a deliberate decision, transforming the space into a place for conversation, music, art, and coexistence. A family piano, inherited by the resident, was integrated into the millwork, while her own ceramic pieces add a personal and authorial layer to the interiors.
A warm and neutral material palette combines natural oak veneer, Tauari wood flooring, Calacatta marble, and Travertine Silver. Signed Brazilian furniture by names such as Sergio Rodrigues, Lina Bo Bardi, Jorge Zalszupin, Percival Lafer, Jean Gillon, Jader Almeida, and Francisco Fanucci reinforces the project’s identity.
The outdoor areas extend the domestic experience with a pool deck, parrilla, lounge spaces, generous landscaping, and a jabuticaba tree. Between interior and exterior, design and memory, function and atmosphere, the apartment proposes a way of living based on comfort, permanence, and everyday conviviality.