Highlight is the kitchen in vibrant colors
The Inovando Arquitetura office, formed by the architect duo Ingrid Ovando Zarza and Fernanda Bradaschia signs a 95m² apartment in Moema, São Paulo. “The client is our childhood friend and the main objective of this complete renovation was to organize the layout for the needs of a family with a small child” comments the duo

The entire development process of the Ponte di Rialto project was special. That's because customers are great friends of the INOVADO team. The 40+ year old apartment was in need of a complete renovation. The only thing the office kept was the original wooden plank in the apartment. The apartment's renovation project was premised on creating closets and storage spaces. The joinery was then the main point of the project.

The kitchen was the environment that the client invested the most in, as she wanted a stainless steel countertop and pediment with two sinks, two taps and a disposer. And to break the coldness of the stainless steel a little, the office opted for a mixture of colors and textures in the joinery in green, gray and wood that bring joy and warmth to the environment.

In the double bedroom, the client requested a queen bed, so there would be no more closets inside the room. The duo then created a closet integrated with the bedroom. They demolished the kitchen wall that separated it from the bedroom and used a cupboard to separate the rooms: part of that cupboard serves the closet and the other part serves the kitchen. “We brought colors to the environment with the bedside tables in ocher yellow” explains architect Ingrid Ovando Zarza.

The same principle was used in separating the office from the baby's room. The wall that separated these two environments was demolished, in its place a large closet was made to divide the environments. Thus, part of the furniture serves the office and the other part serves the baby's room. In their son's room, they opted for a finish in petrol blue and platinum gray, and on the side of the closet that opens onto the office, the finish was in gianduia and nude.

The duo expanded the master suite's closet area by demolishing the wall that separated the suite from the kitchen. The closet gained a new cabinet that also had the function of separating the environments. “We also demolished part of the wall that separated the living room from the kitchen to integrate these environments through a plate pass. This integration was made with a slatted joinery panel. The hollow slats are like a 'window' for the kitchen and when closed they also allow light to pass into the dining room. Right below the plate holder, a hidden bar was made in the panel to support the dining room,” concludes architect Fernanda Bradaschia.

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Architect: Inovando Arquitetura
Photography: Gisele Rampazzo