This apartment is one among many others built in the process of verticalization of the Ipanema neighbourhood in the 70s/80s. All rooms are facing a lateral façade which has a view to another building from the same period, besides many other buildings close by.

The building has two great façades, one towards the street and another one towards the back of it, both with unobstructed views, and only one apartment per floor. This allows for excellent lighting and ventilation conditions, as well as connection with the outside through two balconies, one on...

Two rooms in an office building were transformed into a geriatric medical office, including two consulting rooms, reception, a small kitchen area and two restrooms.

The existing apartment had all the rooms which the young couple needed. It was only necessary to remove the service room and add a new bathroom. However, the apartment was extremely deteriorated after years without proper maintenance. Since several repairs would be necessary, as well as the re...

Far from the city, the house was supposed to be of simple construction and have large outdoor areas, which should not only serve as a home for a nearly retired couple, but also to take advantage of their new stage of life, functioning as a space to gather family and friends on a regular basis....

“We don’t want to do a general renovation, just change the facilities and replace some deteriorated coverings… and little else.” To follow this directive, we decided to change just a few elements of this apartment, which, although specific, ended up completely transforming its interiors ...

Much of this apartment was in good condition, but that was not the case with the bathrooms, laundry area and kitchen, which were the subject of this renovation. We demolished many walls that already needed to be modified due to the replacement of electrical and hydraulic installations, which w...

The narrow and deep lot with large side gables, the small street with windows just a few meters from the front of the lot, and an urban environment densely built suggested a courtyard house. As in every courtyard house, the relationship between the interior and exterior was a fundamental issue...

The state of the apartment echoed a history of setbacks and adversities. For example, the metal mezzanine seemed a bit improvised. It was made at a height that was incompatible with the position of the windows, cutting them off, and the floor was unfinished and uneven. In the upper bathroom, t...

The store occupies part of an old house located in the center of Muriaé, on the original Rua Direita. Following the urban transformations characteristic of the downtown area of many cities, residences gave way to commerce. The original house was completely altered decades ago, being divided in...

This project aimed to create a house to spend a few days, or to spend the night after gathering family and friends in a spacious place that allows for these meetings. Our clients were a couple who wanted to make a second home in the middle of the vast pasture of a cattle farm. The clients want...

After a few years of renting, the tenants became owners and wanted to do a small renovation on the apartment to renew the wet areas, which were not in good condition despite the building relative newness. By taking advantage of existing facilities, and eliminating just a few walls, the space b...

Following the global trend of many hospitals at the beginning of the 20th century, the São Paulo Hospital, in Muriaé, founded in 1927, was located on the outskirts of the city, on a lot with a large area of native forest. The original building and its more recent annexes occupy a small part of...

The new owner of this house purchased the property foreseeing the possibility of total reconstruction, since it was needed to modify the general layout, replace all installations as well as many materials which were worn out. However, we decided to maintain almost the whole structure, reusing ...

The chemotherapy clinic was an initiative of two institutions, the São Vicente de Paulo Hospital, which provided a lot in front of its headquarters, and the Cristiano Varella Foundation, that would use this clinic to expand its oncology service, which solidified the institution as a reference ...

The renovation of the small external area of this penthouse emerged from the need to replace an old swimming pool, which was very deteriorated, with a bathtub, which had to be protected from the sun. As part of the renovation work that would be necessary, we proposed making some other specific...

The house this project was designed for is located at Avenida Eudóxia Canêdo, a factory worker housing complex from the beginning of the 20th century, located in downtown Muriaé. The worker housing complex is made up of a group of standard houses, parallel and arranged on both sides of an inte...

The Project for the stand cannot be comprehended without the presence of the other. Just like a seesaw does not make sense without another person, without his flesh. On the seesaw, me and the other are the same body.

The store, dedicated to selling nutrition products, is located in Praça João Pinheiros, the main square and the busiest place in the city. The back and mezzanine of the commercial room were pre-determined for the company’s storage and stock, leaving the frontal glazed part of the space f...

The store belongs to a busy shopping street in the city center.