Studio Arthur Casas

Urca Apartment

Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG

URCA APARTMENT

Studio Arthur Casas

ARCHITECTS
Studio Arthur Casas

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Arthur Casas

CONTRACTOR
Osbourne

SUPPLIERS
Pica Pau (Millwork), RB (Wood Floors); Mekal (Inox Steel); Toldos Dias (Sun shades); Mbp/ Snaldi/Tecnofeal (Frames); Primo Vidros (Glasses); Punto/Deca (Metal); Montblanc (Stones); Altero/Teya (Hardware); BTicino (Electric Hardware Finishings), Bizassa (Mosaic Tiles); duravit (Bathtubs).

CONSULTANTS
Franco e Fortes (lighting); Clima Engenharia (AC); Equilibrium (Plumbing and electrical engineering); Edatec (Structural Engineering); Ornare (Kitchen Project); High Control (Sound and Automation); Luis Carlos Orsini (landscape)

INTERIOR DESIGN
INTERIOR DESIGN: Casual; Micasa; Varuzza; Nanni Chinelatto; Atelier Ricardo Fasanello; Dpot; Arthur Decor; Emporium Cortinas; Passado Composto

PHOTOGRAPHS
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

AREA
667 m²

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
Rio de janeiro, brazil

CATEGORY
Penthouse, Renovation, Apartment Interiors

This penthouse in Rio’s Urca neighborhood has an extraordinary location, between the Sugar Loaf and Guanabara Bay.The client bought an apartment that was in terrible conditions, but with an exceptional potential for transformation.

Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG

The project was guided by two complementary ideas: to create a pathway of discovery of the landscape on both sides, the bay and the mountain, and to bring as much light as possible to the three floors.

Undoubtedly the element that translates the better this idea is the main staircase. To add a new floor to the original duplex the whole building had to pass through a structural reinforcement.

Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG

The section shows clearly the relation of the stairs and the landscape, bringing light through zenithal openings to all the floors and directing the view towards the landscape.

On the 1st floor we have placed the guestrooms, allowing the owners to have as much privacy as possible in their suite on the 3rd floor. Next to the guestrooms are all the service areas including kitchen and staff bedrooms.

Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG

The 2nd floor holds the main entrance next to the elevator. Most of the walls were demolished in order to create a space completely open to the Guanabara Bay. The horizontality of the space accentuates the integration with the landscape.

The living room is lit by three openings on the water basin of the last floor, sliding glass doors open completely to the side, allowing total integration between the living room and the terrace.

Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG

On the other side of this floor a gourmet kitchen receives natural light both from the atrium and a bay window that overlooks the sugar loaf. Both spaces can be divided through sliding doors.

The 3rd floor is divided by the master bathroom with the view directed to the Sugar Loaf on one side and the sauna, barbecue area, water basin and Jacuzzi on the other, looking towards the Corcovado and downtown Rio across the bay.

Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG

A Brazilian culture aficionado, the client selected with the Studio all the objects in the house, forming a vast collection of modernist design represented by names such as Sérgio Rodrigues, Jorge Zalszupin, Ricardo Fasanello and Jean Gillon, there are also several contemporary artworks and local pieces of craftsmanship.

The plan of the apartment is simple; our intention was to have fluidity between the floors, creating continuous pathways that accentuate the relation between architecture and an extraordinary landscape.

Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG


Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Urca Apartment
© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG


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Urca Apartment
Floor Plan
Urca Apartment
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Studio Arthur Casas
T +55 11 21827500
Studio Arthur Casas
Rua Itápolis, 818 - Consolação, São Paulo - SP, 01245-000, Brazil