Bar lighting

Sapucaí Street, where the project is located, is part of the historical and cultural center of Belo Horizonte, with a privileged view of the iconic Santa Tereza viaduct, Municipal Park and Belo Horizonte Central Station.  With a strong tendency to be a gastronomic center, the project brought as demand a sophisticated atmosphere who dialogues with the street.    The property was found in precarious state of conservation, with water infiltrations in walls and ceiling, alteration in the original tile floor, damages in the electric and plumbing systems and a wooden mezzanine with a ceiling height of 1.70cm.    Firstly, it was decided to redo all electric system through electrodes and conduits to allow greate... More

The design responds essentially to a clear picture provided by the client, an image and personal style of a specific period and aestheticism aimed to a sophisticated audience. The choice of "secret " doors clad in brick in the hallways answers to an allusion to the concept of speakeasy bar. In the front, a coffee place whose characteristics mark tendency. Without intending to replicate or reproduce a time era, the proposal seeks to build a patchwork of situations and conceptual triggers, therefore generating the intended climate. Spatially, the factory setting is typically ethereal, so there was a clear intention to divide the space in order to generate a low spatial scale. The use of "stations" is a strategy that create distinctive focus a... More