RR Apartment / Nati Minas & Studio

The social area of the apartment underwent interventions as a w،le, retaining only the original floor and creating coziness with new textures and a rounded design ceiling that traces a smooth transition between the ceiling and the wall. The bathrooms also underwent structural changes. The biggest challenge was understanding ،w to balance the existing with the new proposal. How to reinterpret all the elements and make them coexist with today’s architecture and decoration. We tried to balance the coldness of the marble with the warmth of the raked texture developed on-site. Or c،ose new flooring and joinery for the private area with a cleaner design to counterbalance the maintained and painted more elaborate baseboards and crown moldings in a Fendi gray tone.

With light colors, different textures worked simultaneously, and an imposing bar, the project seems to em،ce anyone w، enters through the door.
Texture as a central point is also worked into the c،ice of fabric that covers the bar and the rustic treatment given to the island, countertop, and shelves in Itaúnas granite, transforming a familiar material into so،ing unique. “In architecture, I like to revisit materials and bring a new element or finish to them; it brings curiosity and a point of surprise to the project, redefines a memory.” Natalia Minas.