BLOCO A is located on Superquadra 304 at the South of the Pilot Plan in the city of Brasilia.

The building was inaugurated in 1960, the same year as the birth of the city designed by Lucio Costa to be the country's new capital.

At the time, Oscar Niemeyer was NOVACAP’s project coordinator, an urban development company for the new capital of Brazil, responsible for the design of the buildings.

The 6-story block supported by pilotis, a public and permeable area, is deployed in a north/south direction, with an entire glazed side facing east, and a hollow brick wall (cobogós) facing west.

In the cobogós facade is the service circulation and on the glass facade, the front of the apartments.

The apartment has a peculiar situation as it is a corner unit, which gives direct access to the two facades of the building.

The renovation project explores the contact with this constructive element, typical of modern Brazilian architecture, taking advantage of its qualities in the improvement of thermal comfort, in the light effects and composition, without reinforcing any stylistic stereotype.

Mashrabiya is another element present in the project. 

This type of truss, of Arab origin, was introduced in the country by the Portuguese and remains in our perception as an element associated with Brazilian colonial architecture.

This trellis was chosen as the kitchen's enclosure to reinforce the fluidity of the air, the light effects, the graphic presence of the building elements and the movement of life in the house, through the asymmetry in its openings.

The bathing areas were also brought next to the facade, where, depending on the circumstances, you can see without being seen, a moment of tension between the intimacy of the house and the city of Lucio Costa.