House Tour: Revolutionizing Apartment Interior Design

Описание: This The Terrace Apartment interior design house tour project reflects on the impacts of new digital technologies and new ways of living by transforming a historic icon of São Paulo's modern architecture, designed by Botti and Rubin in 1962, into a hyper-connected home that prioritizes sustainable solutions. The flexible and reconfigurable habitat is immersed in a real urban forest, creating an innovative space for living.

The Terrace Apartment brings together the physical and digital realms to create a hybrid spatiality. Through automation, this space is made responsive to different needs - from everyday life to workstations, parties or cinema nights. By leveraging mobile devices, smart keypads and voice commands, users can manage the house system remotely or locally. Accesses, lighting, irrigation systems, audio-video equipment, curtains and furniture are all automated for convenience and comfort.

The inhabitants desired to live in an apartment with a balcony, however, this building did not have such an option. Nevertheless, due to its glass facade and floor-to-ceiling windows, the residents decided to convert the entire apartment into a balcony. It houses various species of plants, many of them native to Brazil. This has resulted in a true urban forest populated by fruit trees, productive vegetable gardens, and species with flowers.

The Terrace Apartment project breaks away from the traditional apartment layout which traditionally adheres to the so-called 'bourgeois residential tripartition' originating in France in the eighteenth century. This tripartition divides homes into social, intimate, and service areas. With a flexible floor plan allowing for the movement of walls or pieces of furniture, we have given the resident a more active role in setting up their home. Rather than simply designing rooms such as a bedroom, living room, and kitchen, our design focuses on activities that take place within them such as working, sleeping, eating, entertaining guests, caring for clothing items and relaxing. In doing so, we offer a dynamic and interactive architecture that can easily accommodate varying daily practices.


SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
Architects: Estudio Guto Requena https://gutorequena.com/
Area: 280 m²
Year: 2022
Photographs:Maíra Acayaba http://www.mairaacayaba.com/
Manufacturers: AudioGene , Arthur Decor, Branco Papel de Parede, Brastemp, DM Irrigação , Deca, Docol, El Espartano, Epson, GTM Cenografia, Granidomus, HCA Ar Condicionado, ID Moveis, L&L Paisagismo , Lepri, Luxion, Markaar, Mekal, OWA – Saint-Gobain, Os Especialistas , +9
Creative Design: Guto Requena
Operational Direction: Ludovica Leone
Project Management: Thatiana Pacheco
Architecture Team: Mateus Fraga, Alejandro Garzon, Ana Paula Pedro, Isabella Previti, João Vargas, Fabiana Paiva, Priscila Almeida, Priscila Amorim, Beatriz Menezes
Product Design Team: Bernardo Yono, Heitor Espíndola, Ian Diesendruck, Jasmim Caparroz
Juntxs Lab Team: Bruno Aricó, Matheus Leston
Communication Team: Paulo Paiva, Thalissa Bechelli, Tiago Toledo, Roberta Maria de Pádua
Engineering Team: Camila Souza, Franz Ramires
Lighting Design: Foco Luz e Desenho
Landscape Project: Juliana Freitas
Acoustics Design: Harmonia Acústica
Automation Design: Noise
Air Conditioning And Hydraulic Design: I2N
Reactive Audio Lighting Design: Juntxs.Lab
City: Sao Paulo
Country: Brazil

Sound:
G Mills, Kyle McEvoy, Luke Otwell - Ocean View https://chll.to/b86960cc
G Mills - Long Grain Game https://chll.to/bd016525