Brazilianness is in every detail of this kitchen at CASACOR Rio 2023

The Chef's Kitchen – Raízes designed by architect Amanda Miranda at CASACOR Rio 2023 was designed for a boutique hotel chef to host small dinners.

The 50 m² space – comprising entrance hall, kitchen and bathroom – celebrates Brazilianness , with clear references to our tropicalism, popular crafts and indigenous roots to propose an immersive experience through provocative architecture that explores the five senses.

“The idea is to bring out in visitors their almost playful memories of a tropical and joyful Brazil, in green and yellow ,” says Amanda. “I believe that revisiting our roots and ancestry is also a way of strengthening our future and valuing our cultural identity ,” adds the professional.

In the entrance hall, the main wall covered from floor to ceiling with piassava straw (in reference to indigenous huts) and the Raízes sign illuminated with bamboo pendants produced by designers Stefanie Ting and Guilherme B Oliveira , in partnership with indigenous people from Alto Xingu , welcome those who arrive, already signaling what is to come.

Next comes the chef's kitchen itself, “dressed” in striking wallpaper with a maxi banana leaf print.

To reinforce the Brazilian nature of the project, the architect had the curatorship of Alagoan ceramic artisan Maria Luciene da Silva Siqueira in the production of her space. Considered one of the most important contemporary popular artists in Brazil, Sil used her own works modeled in clay (notably the famous sculpture “Jaqueira”) and those of other Brazilian artisans, such as Zé Crente, Elias Vitalino, Jair Tiburcio, Marcos Paulo Lau da Costa and Andréa Araújo Rocha.

Service - CASACOR Rio de Janeiro 2023

Where: Lopes Quintas Street, 497. Botanical Garden - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Digital box office: https://appcasacor.com.br/events/rio-de-janeiro-2023 Total ticket prices: Full price ticket: R$ 90.00 Half price: R$ 45.00 Children up to 10 years old do not pay. Senior citizens over 60 years old, students with official ID, disabled people (and one companion) and teachers from public and private schools (provided they present a valid photo ID) pay half price.