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Apartment LO / Marini Arquitetura

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000

For a young couple with two children, we aimed to create a space that reflected the everyday life of a modern family, revitalizing the old apartment with its complex and challenging layout. The priority was to transform the space, with its walls at unusual angles, bringing more personality to the apartment. With the presence of old joinery and hidden structures, careful prospecting was needed to determine what could be removed or modified.

House in Gávea / gru.a

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This project occupies a plateau bordered by a stretch of Atlantic forest in Rio de Janeiro. This small social space is defined by the implementation of cyclopean concrete walls that organize living areas.

Bamboo Amphitheater Space Structure / Bambutec Design

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0000

The Bamboo Amphitheater Space Structure is a mobile free-form roof spanning 17 x 12 meters, in a total of 200m² of covered area. The Amphitheater is located on the banks of the Rainha River on an inclined site in the tropical climate, built in the green campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The bamboo structure was designed on the foundation previously designed by the architect Carlos Pingarrilho. The structural design was developed through a form-finding method, using physical scale models and computer models in interaction.

MKK House / Gaudenzi Arquitetura

Rayen Sagredo — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:00:00 +0000

Residence for young couple with small daughter in urban plot, 10 meters wide by 33 meters depth. Despite the extensive program, the solution aimed at preserving the largest external area of the terrain as possible.