1000 m² house gets a complete retrofit to accommodate a family with triplets

A couple and their 8-year-old triplets had been living in this house with 1000 m² in Teresina (PI) for over 10 years when they decided to call architect Vangii Guerra (from the cast of CASACOR Piauí) to carry out a complete retrofit (both in the facades and interiors), integrate existing areas, and create spaces that didn't exist in the original plan. With the renovation, the facade facing the street was adorned with volumes covered with cement plates and a central axis of rustic Moledo stone, as well as fixed brises on one side, a vertical grille on the other, and a wooden muxarabi panel in the background, all made of composite aluminum, sometimes in corten steel standard or wood-like. Overall, the project's concept aimed to create an imposing and completely different facade from the previous one, in addition to more integrated and brighter interior projects to gain amplitude and natural light. In the decoration, with a contemporary clean style, except for the armchair with Mole ottoman by Sergio Rodrigues, the rectangular coffee table, and a sofa, which were already part of the house's collection and were kept, everything else is new. Among the new signed design pieces, the architect highlights the Shell armchair by Estudiobola, the Anna chairs by Jader Almeida, the Gavinha chairs by Bruno Simões, the composition of six Lagoa coffee tables (made of glass) by Giácomo Tomazzi, the recamier Caelum sofa by Victor Vasconcelos, the Hygge armchair by Lucas Caramés, and the Kilin armchair by Sergio Rodrigues. At the client's request, the architect adopted a neutral color palette, consisting of gray, light wood tones (oak), off white, and brown, with elements in terracotta and green tones highlighted to give personality to the project.

In the living areas with TV and dining on the ground floor, Vangii highlights the gray melamine slatted panel, which camouflages the door leading to the bathrooms of the swimming pool and attaches a curved shelf unit on the side, executed in the same finish. In the living room at the entrance of the house, decorated with the Sino (round) game table, another panel steals the scene, this time with a wood-like finish. In addition to making the space cozier, the carpentry solution also serves to camouflage the doors leading to the kitchen and garage. "Due to its volumetry and bold design, the Shell armchair, by Estudiobola, became a sculptural element in this living room. The terracotta-colored rug helped to break the neutral chromatic base of the decor," says the architect. Located on the ground floor, the wine cellar with transparent glass doors became cozier with the natural wood slatted panel, applied on the wall and replicated on the ceiling, and a small tasting area made up of a green velvet fabric sofa, armchair with brown leather seat, and yellow glass coffee table. In the couple's suite, highlights include: a bed with a bulky structure completely upholstered in fabric, with curved and rounded shapes; the sliding muxarabi panel, which provides access to the closet and maintains its internal ventilation; the wooden panels made of natural oak veneer with the application of vertical slats on the TV wall. Finally, in the external area, a new swimming pool was built, with edges and interior lined with the same porcelain tiles as the surrounding floor to provide visual unity to the space, in addition to an aluminum cover with internal closure in wood-like vinyl material, supported by a lateral column in V shape. The extenso wall along the pool was covered with graphite Moledo stone and received landscaping signed by the architecture office itself. "Renovation projects are always more complex than building from scratch, but in this case, the biggest challenge was executing the work while the owners were living in the house," concludes architect Vangii Guerra.