ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sun, 6 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1059199/itarare-apartment-estudio-lota Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:11:00 +0000 Susanna Moreira https://www.archdaily.com/1059199/itarare-apartment-estudio-lota The 60-square-meter apartment is located in the Bela Vista neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil, in an area shaped by Frei Caneca Street, Paulista Avenue, and the Plínio de Queirós Viaduct—a region marked by history of socio-economic disparity and conflict. The inauguration of the viaduct in 1970, under then-mayor Paulo Maluf, was part of an extensive list of roadworks that characterized his administration and decisively promoted socio-spatial segregation in the neighborhoods where they were built. In addition to the high acoustic and visual impact along the perimeter of the overpasses, the areas underneath suffer from a lack of natural light, suffocated by pollution and frequently degraded. While the more sheltered areas near the Plínio de Queiroz Viaduct have undergone gentrification with the construction of hospitals, shopping malls, and commercial spaces, the less economically favored population has been increasingly concentrated right along its perimeter.

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