São Paulo, Brazil
Within the coronary heart of a standard neighborhood of São Paulo, Parallel Family is a rework and renovation carried out by Studio Guilherme Torres with landscaping by Alex Hanazaki and interiors and furnishings by Guilherme Torres.
Guilherme Torres accompanied the youthful pair from the put money into of the ton – a 463m² dwelling constructed within the 80s – to the final methods within the transforming of the house.
The need of the longer term inhabitants of the residence was to adapt the structure of the family to their life-style, bearing in mind the approaching of little ones.
The residence skilled the good program for the household, however within the form of a completely compartmentalized flooring program.
The architect opted to enhance the empty spans and mix the areas.
From the get go it was resolved to make the most of what ever was possible of the current constructing.
The picket frames on the home windows, for illustration, are preliminary and ended up totally handled and painted.
Probably the most radical intervention took spot on the reduce diploma. The previous exercise space was built-in into the porch, constructing a full dwelling location, with an enormous meal desk and different furnishings, all constructed out of concrete.
This ultimate determination spared means, but additionally imparted fantastic monumentality and scale to the house.
The genuine ceilings have been designed of wooden and have been extremely minimal, however demolition unveiled a enticing concrete beam framework.
From this part, a sequence of pillars was established embracing the whole exterior area of the making, constructing a really particular geometry and supplying its title, Parallel Residence.
A further signature of the architect is using a number of supplies within the ending.
On this dwelling all the flooring is created in semi-polished white granite, just like the pool.
The painting carried out in polymeric cement renewed the constructions in uncovered concrete, and the metallic bands that embraced the exterior design and magnificence have been painted in a graphite tone.
The emphasize of the leisure place is the landscaping, created by Alex Hanazaki – a detailed shut pal of the couple and Guilhermes.
“We work extraordinarily considerably in tune with each different, which is extremely obvious on this home. The landscaping solely used just a few species, for the reason that goal was to reinforce and harmonize with the structure,” claimed Guilherme.
Within the residing space area, the areas that have been being beforehand poorly lit acquired sufficient purely pure mild quickly after the eradicating of the wooden ceiling.
Each the furnishings and inside design are personalized-developed by Guilherme.
The largest shock arrived by going: the operator came upon that she was pregnant with twins!
And within the humorous method future performs, the younger youngsters have been born on the working day of the taking pictures… Synchronicity from starting to conclusion!
Process: Parallel Home
Architects: Studio Guilherme Torres
Information Architect: Guilherme Torres
Panorama Architect: Alex Hanazaki
Buyer: Personal
Photographers: MCA Estudio
