The office was sought at the height of the pandemic, to develop this project aimed at a young couple and their two daughters, seeking to better organize the spaces to enable the new routine. Two offices would be necessary for the couple to work at home and one of the premises was to provide a more private office for meetings, but without ruling out the need for another more integrated to the social area and that allowed them to work and take care of the children at the same time. For this, one of the rooms that was part of the intimate area was eliminated to create a toy library that becomes part of the social area but also can be isolated through sliding doors made of glass, ensuring that children are observed, but still have privacy. 

The kitchen, in turn, does not have doors to facilitate the routine dynamics and maintain the idea of integration desired by the clients, but still hiding the mess inside the kitchen. The countertop extends to the dining area, creating a connection between the environments and access to the kitchen takes place through the large gray wood panel that runs through the entire apartment, but is interrupted by the volume of natural wood that also hides the hall access and the intimal area access through camouflaged doors.

The terrace was integrated into the social area, but a large structural column made it impossible to integrate completely. We used this barrier to create a large vertical garden, which ended up becoming the highlight of the project, along with some points of color, such as the carpet and the pendants, with earthy tones that contrast with the cold aspect of the apparent concrete and cementitious floor. 

In addition to all the joinery, some furniture was developed by the office, such as the dining table, which has its feet in steel and stone top, contrasting the industrial style with the nobility of marble. In the social hall, a bookcase also developed by the company, welcomes those who arrive and causes curiosity with their niches created through folded metal profiles that confuse the observer, giving the impression of the objects being floating.

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Architects: Zalc Arquitetura

Photographer: Alexandre Disaro