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RÉSIDENTIELLE
Guto Requena’s Terrace
Apartment in Brazil
brings outdoor living in
The Terrace Apartment by Estudio Guto
Requena is a plant-filled, urban tour de
force by the Brazilian architect – and
his own home
The Terrace Apartment by Estudio Guto
Requena stands out in more ways than
one. It is the Brazilian architect's own
base, designed as the forever home for
himself, his husband and their two dogs; it
is housed in an icon of São Paulo's
modernist architecture, designed in 1962
by Botti Rubin Arquitetos; and importantly,
it also a unique urban retreat that brings,
quite literally, nature and the outdoors in,
within a leafy, 21st-century, design-led tour
de force that highlights that life in a
bustling metropolis like São Paulo need
not mean a disconnect from nature.
The Terrace Apartment by Estudio Guto
Requena
For Requena, the Terrace Apartment also
represents an update on the concept of
living. The project's original, modernist
bones have been rethought and brought
into the 21st century, not only in terms of
amenities and style, but also
technologically. Immersed in an 'urban
forest,' the project 'reflects on the impacts
of new digital technologies and new ways
of living', the architect ponders.
Filling the interior with flexibility that allows
the space to flow and adapt to the needs
of its users, the apartment is transformed
into a green retreat. The layout favours a
less conventional room arrangement –
instead of making a clear distinction
between public and private spaces, as is
often the traditional way, Requena focused
more on creating hubs for functions within
an interior where boundaries are blurred.
The lesser seen aspect of the redesign
involves its 'digitalisation', as network
cables, microcontrollers and sensors have
been invisibly embedded into the design,
creating a home that is thoroughly modern
and ultra-connected. 'Accesses, lighting,
irrigation, audio and video, curtains and
furniture, everything is automated,' the
architect explained.
The couple wished they had a balcony,
which the existing layout didn't provide, so
bringing the nature in was the obvious
solution for the enterprising architect.
Working with a selection of local to Brazil
species, an urban green was created,
complete with fruit trees, a productive
vegetable garden, and species with
flowers. Planters, suspended plant boxes
and bespoke green walls nod to the
principles of sustainable architecture
through biophilic design. Seeking materials
with sustainable credentials throughout the
design supports this approach too.
At the same time, a selection of parametric
furniture and art created in house by
Estudio Guto Requena, populates the
interior. Highlights include the Attraction
buffet, the Turing rug and the Heart Wall
art installation, an interactive piece that
becomes the heart of the home. These are
blended with vintage and contemporary
finds, both from Brazil and abroad, such as
items by Sérgio Rodrigues, Jean Gillon,
Lina Bo Bardi, Guilherme Wentz, Lucas
Neves, Carol Gay, Maarten Baas, Antonio
Citterio, Yrjo Kukkapuro, Le Corbusier,
Jasper Morrison and Frank Gehry.
The Terrace Apartment is a warm and
characterful home, as well as the result of
20 years of research by Requena. His
studies on 'the impacts of the new digital
technologies in architecture, urban
planning and design' at the Center for
Interactive Living Studies of University of
São Paulo (USP) also birthed a book titled
Hybrid Dwelling: Subjectivities and Home
Architecture in the Digital Age, which has
been recently published by Senac.
gutorequena.com

À propos
 R. Maj. Diogo, 91 - Bela
Vista, São Paulo - SP,
01324-001, Brazil

 Estudio Guto Requena

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