Located in Humaitá, a neighborhood in the south of Rio de Janeiro, this 115 m² apartment was designed by architect
Ana Neri to accommodate her own family – her husband, who is a lawyer, and her two young children.
When the project began, Ana did not expect to find
such a wide pillar on the wall at the back of the social area . “Uncovering structures at the beginning of demolition and bringing them as a source of texture and chromaticism for the project is always a laboratory that fascinates me,” he says. Based on this discovery, the architect then decided to peel and
incorporate both the concrete pillar and the bricks from the masonry of the same wall into the dining room decor .
The wall next door was painted blue (including the apartment's entrance door) and began to “accommodate a wooden stool (which serves as a support for taking off shoes) and an old mining piece of furniture (which serves as a support for the table dinner). “Inserted in a timely manner, mining pieces bring balance, history and excellent dynamics to the final composition”, she assesses.
As the
living room is the heart of meetings in the apartment, the space has a wide, very comfortable sofa, ideal for accommodating four family members at the same time. The
concrete bench that stretches across the entire TV wall was molded on site on site , serving as a rack, sideboard or even a bench, in this case making conversation possible from different angles.
“Having an apartment whose layout allowed us to integrate the
kitchen with the living room was a premise in the search for our new home”, reveals the architect, who sought, through this spatial connection, more light and ventilation in both spaces. After opening a generous opening, Ana designed a
vertical structure, made in white metalwork with sometimes fluted and sometimes wired glass , which incorporated other functionalities, in addition to a divider with upper shelves.
On the side facing the kitchen, for example,
this structure houses, at the bottom, a wine cellar, low drawers and niches that organize portable appliances . The side facing the living room has a countertop (which supports the family's quick meals) and a sliding door, which allows access to the kitchen to be blocked, an important feature when you have small children at home.
“By relocating the old access to the kitchen, we freed up an entire wall to design a carpentry that accommodates a refrigerator, oven and microwave, as well as pantry cabinets with perforated doors”, he informs.
The intimate corridor also underwent significant modifications: the wall of the first bedroom was demolished to receive, in its place,
a double-sided cabinet that functions as a wardrobe and cupboard on one side and a wardrobe on the side facing the bedroom. Furthermore, the plaster ceiling, which was super low, was removed to increase the ceiling height and leave the concrete slab exposed.
In the couple's bedroom , the Fendi lacquer headboard panel was the starting point for choosing chromaticism and textures – the bedside tables are made of American oak wood and the closet closure received natural straw and lacquer, in an off tone. very light white. The wall under the window has, along its entire length, a carpentry with multiple functions: on one side, there is the work bench and, on the other, drawers to store office items and two sliding doors that camouflage a shoe rack.
In
her daughter's room , Ana Neri adopted a neutral and light base and the colors entered punctually and in the details of the carpentry. “Children’s rooms are already naturally colorful. Therefore, the idea here was to bring a clear backdrop to the wall, through the
pegboard panel, with adjustable shelves, hangers and closed module, leaving the toys and supporting carpentry the function of coloring, in the right dose”, he says. she. Low furniture, aligned with the wooden kitchen, was designed by the architect to be freestanding, thus allowing it to change position according to the girl's new phases. The room also has a bed-board, a table for various activities and a blackboard panel.
Finally, in the
son's room , the Costela armchair was already part of the family's collection and was reupholstered in striped fabric, making it lighter and more casual. The dresser, which once belonged to his sister, was also reused and given yellow lacquer, in a vibrant tone. The cabinet, custom designed for the space with round hollow handles, has sliding doors and drawers for toys at the base.
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