Apartment brings creative solutions to include pets in architecture

apartment; decoration; sao paulo; architecture; pets

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Designed by the MATÚ Arquitetura office, with architects Gabrieli Azevedo, Fernanda Lins, Ana Pernambuco and Bruna Marchiori, the apartment located in the West Zone of São Paulo is home to a multi-species family : a couple, three cats and two dogs, one of which is disabled. visual.

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With 250 m², the goal was to create a project that would combine the couple's interests and personalities . She is into the arts, literature and romance; and he is into music, records and industrial style.

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A social area was created with the aim of meeting the needs of each person: a playground-shelf for the cats, a low, modular sofa to help with accessibility for the dogs, an office for the resident to work and play the guitar, and a large bench. below the window for the resident to have her moments of reading and display some pieces of art with sentimental value.

In the master bedroom, a large platform not only meets storage and accessibility requirements , but also organizes the sleeping environment in a comfortable way so that the whole family can stay together in a single structure, but each with their own space.

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Furthermore, the piece was designed based on the clients' concerns about the animals' access under the box bed they previously had, with dangerous and difficult-to-reach gaps. The platform was the result of blocking this access, in addition to other functions. in relation to space optimization.

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The highlight is the white metalwork shelving unit in the living room. The idea was to combine function and design in a piece of equipment that normally has little aesthetic appeal. The architects also had the freedom to use this element as a standout piece . with shapes and dimensions compatible with the scale of the apartment.

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The kitchen , in turn, was designed with custom carpentry with rounded corners, in an attempt to avoid the obvious and minimize corners, thus bringing more differentiated shapes and functions.

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