This 291-square-foot Brazilian pied-à-terre was inspired by Greece

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The proprietor of this small pied-à-terre works withinside the artwork global and lives in São Paulo, however she travels often to Rio de Janeiro and changed into speedy received over via way of means of an rental positioned only some steps from Ipanema`s beach.

Even aleven though the house changed into proper subsequent to the similarly well-known Copacabana beach, the proprietor dreamt of Greece, and mainly the islands of the Aegean. With a domestic that inspires Santorini as her goal, she contacted the architects Mariana Teixeira and Pedro Pantoja, of Bric Arquitetura, to have them to adopt a complete protection project. “The proprietor desired a very new interior—one which noted the Greek islands,” say the architects. “Beyond that path, she gave us carte blanche to make her desire come true.”

The architects` first circulate changed into to take away a wall that had divided the rental in and repair it to its unique open studio plan. The kitchen, residing room, and sound asleep region are visually differentiated however via way of means of maintaining all of them open, the rental feels extra spacious, with extra fluid circulate and a logical distribution of the unique areas. In order to live inside a good budget,

the architects used white concrete to create extensive and open integrated installations as an alternative of buying cabinets. A partial-top room divider with cabinets separates the kitchen and the sound asleep region, with garage at the bed room side. “The kitchen changed into designed to include the cooking, washing, and aircon features in a small space. The bed room partition incorporates big garage booths that may be closed, if the proprietor wishes,” give an explanation for the architects.

In order to live inside a good budget, the architects used white concrete to create extensive and open integrated installations as an alternative of buying cabinets. A partial-top room divider with cabinets separates the kitchen and the sound asleep region, with garage at the bed room side. “The kitchen changed into designed to include the cooking, washing, and aircon features in a small space. The bed room partition incorporates big garage booths that may be closed, if the proprietor wishes,” give an explanation for the architects.

Two full-top millwork doors, positioned at the doorway to the unit and keeping apart the toilet from the sound asleep region, are every other spotlight of the project. They take gain of the excessive ceilings and upload to a sense of spaciousness. “We additionally reversed the outlet path of the the front door so that you face the lengthy timber countertop with its herringbone sample as you enter, leaving the kitchen, bed room, and lavatory unseen,” says Pedro.