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Project • By Volhuma Arquitectura • Private Houses
Casa Green Heart
The design concept of this room house is to create habitability from a central garden that allows general lighting and ventilation of all common and private areas, as a reinterpretation of what were the courtyards in the haciendas. In this project a space was created inside / outside that would give us the feeling of spaciousness becoming a protagonist from the projection of lights and shadows of the pergolate towards the different continuous spaces, seeking to be an extension of them, giving rhythm to this green heart, being equally part of the interior facade of the house. Emotions generated through light, color and Volhumen. More
Project • By AshariArchitects • Bars
Triangle Café
Architect: Ashari ArchitectsDesigner: Amir Hossein AshariDesign contributors: Zahra Jafari,Amir Irandoost HaghighiExecution: Saeid JamaliTriangle CaféCafés have significant power in strengthening the social dimension of urban spaces and urban Cafés are more dynamic than other types of spaces. The connectivity of the café to the unique historical urban environment and creating an attraction to this place were the challenges for the designers. The project ambition was to create a subtle wall surface which has the least impaction on the historical urban environment and the city residential fabric, however it creates a bold sustainable space.The goal was to blend the café interior space to city fabric which is occurred by eliminating the “borde... More
Project • By FPR Studio • Apartments
Apartment Gloria
- Author of the project: Fabiano Ravaglia- Location: Glória - Rio de Janeiro- Renovation and decoration project.- Main changes during the construction process and on the structure needed to make the construction feasible: the apartment had transformations, which resulted in great environmental comfort, with more natural light and better air circulation through the opening of one of the bedrooms to widen the living room and also through shifting the existing windows for doors to the outdoor area. Using new finishing generates the visual impact, that sectorized spaces and gave new textures to the rooms.- Old property.- Total project timeframe: three months.- Resident’s profile: Single man, 48 years old, no kids and works as a theater producer... More