Refurbishment project

Right next to La Floresta School, in an area of outstanding natural value bordering the wooded mass of the Parc de Collserola, there is a building that was originally used to house the teachers who worked at the school. This place was popularly known as Les Cases dels Mestres. The building was constructed in 1969 and designed as a typical low-cost housing development. These buildings, severe and honest, responded to some standard features: simple and unprejudiced volumetrics, slightly traditional language, very short structural bays, and rational and limited-cost construction methods. The houses lost their raison d'être, and the dwellings fell into disuse. Despite this, they remained present in the population's memory, and decades lat... More

The Green Face Competition – The Pushkinsky Cinema, that now is facing a threat to its magnificent identity by enormously sized commercial hoardings, sprawling surrounding markets and lack of space around to make its presence felt and appreciated, can best be revived, not by alteration or imposition, but by delicate, mild and minimal intervention.Instead of changing the iconic character of the building, the aim was to retain the basic identity and clad the side façades with vertical greens, a sort of mix of various ivy and other creepers to make it into a living wall. This would not only bring about a tremendous amount of relief to an otherwise hustle-bustly area, but at the same time, complement and accentuate the geometry of... More

The design for the new store of ÔDA Design - located in the Juvevê neighborhood in Curitiba/PR - marks yet another chapter in the long standing partnership between the office and the store. At this new address, a typical neighborhood house, the brand gains more space to develop its own identity, expanding their options to showcase design pieces and processes. Eduardo Macarios Eduardo Macarios The reform was simple, with little interventions. As the building has load-bearing walls, we did not propose any changes in the organization of the space. Luckily, the main room was already unified by a previous renovation, exposed by the large metal beam in the middle of the space. Therefore, the main interventions were the revi... More

Refurbishment of an important abbey in the Colli Euganei landscape. The project is been developed through more than a decade, working together with the benedectin monks community that takes care of the building from centuries.  Marcello Mariana Marcello Mariana Marcello Mariana Marcello Mariana Marcello Mariana   More

A Heritage Building on a major High street in Guwahati was calling for upgradation from a usage point of view to be able to extract its true commercial value. Our clients are a reputed Tea Plantation company engaged in the business of Tea Plantations and related endeavors. Amalgamated Plantations Pvt. Ltd (APPL) is the second largest tea producer in India with 24 tea estates in Assam and Bengal covering approximately 24,000 ha and employing 31000 people. Caption Apart from the core business of Tea, APPL has ventured into the Agri foods and Timber/Bamboo Plantations business within the tea estates focusing in the areas of spices, horticulture, animal husbandry and bamboo and high value timber.  With this kind of company backgroun... More

The workspace design for a maritime digital office called for a marine-based narrative from the entrance, creating an ocean of workspace islands with the vibrant colors of the sea! Shreyas Korapathi What sets the office apart is that it is an entire renovation project that takes a GREEN approach: reusing existing modular furniture, reducing the need for new alternatives, and recycling much of what exists in a new reincarnation!  The MOOD BOARD is based on Norwegian corporate colors: red, blue, cyan and beige. The corporate colors are used in column with the boards, and the vibrant and whimsical graphics are a mix of modern and cultural imagery. Shreyas Korapathi The office design is based on the notions of HIVE (HUMAN, Int... More