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Carbon Apartment

Carbon Apartment
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Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad

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Coda Arquitetos

ARCHITECTS
Coda Arquitetos

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Pedro Grilo, Júlia Coutinho, Rayan Santanna

MANUFACTURERS
Acervo Mobília, Antunes Marcenaria, Casa Do Vidro, Decortiles, Galeria Index, Limpidus, Lumini E Elétrica Capital, Orna&menta, Vallori, Ws Granitos

TEAM
Luiza Cerutti

WORK
Júlia Coutinho, Rafferson Camel

EDITORIAL
Mariana Verdolin

MASTER BUILDER
Carlos Da Rocha

LIGHTING
Lumini E Elétrica Capital

MILLWORK
Antônio Dias

PHOTOGRAPHS
Larissa Sad

AREA
1647 ft²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Asa Norte, Brazil

CATEGORY
Apartments, Renovation

The couple came to the office looking for a renovation project in their apartment located in Asa Norte, Brasília.

Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad

When they got in touch with CoDA, they were living in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the office's biggest challenge was to adapt the process to the needs of a remote client, such as adapting the time zone and documenting the construction by video.

Positively, this particularity of the owners led the project to the cosmopolitan and international atmosphere of the apartment, which seeks to reflect all the cities in which they have lived in recent years abroad.

Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad

The strategy adopted was to face architecture as a background, with neutral colors, to highlight all the furniture and objects they acquired on travels, and still transmit their personality.

The main demand was the annexation of the social areas of the apartment with the kitchen, to provide ample space to invite friends and family.

Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad

For this purpose, a concrete bench was created from one end of the room to the other, to increase the number of seats by the window and allow a wider and more flexible layout in the central part of the room, which can be adapted depending on the needs

The kitchen was also extended by removing the service room and naturally illuminated by the wired glass frame that separates it from the laundry, which also allows light to enter the social area even with the door and windows closed.The project also focused on the redistribution of wet areas to create a toilet, in addition to the existing bathrooms.

Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad

In contrast to the neutral colors mentioned, the textures of the materials are highlighted in this project, bringing sophistication to the details delicately.

In the kitchen, the great protagonist is the Hitam volcanic stone, originally from Indonesia, which together with the São Gabriel granite countertops, graphite joinery, and dark gray floor, form the three dark planes of the environment, contrasting with the plaster ceiling.

Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad

In opposition to the kitchen, the living room reverses the logic of colors and reveals the massive slab of concrete and beams in the upper plane of the environment. White walls and original parquet flooring complement the room's neutral aesthetic, while still highlighting the authentic textures of materials.


Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad
Carbon Apartment
© Larissa Sad


Carbon Apartment
Existing floor plan
Carbon Apartment
Proposed floor plan

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