Carbon Apartment / CoDA Arquitetura

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  • Architects: CoDA Arquitetura
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1647 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Larissa Sad
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Acervo Mobília, Antunes Marcenaria, Casa do Vidro, Decortiles, Galeria Index, Limpidus, Lumini e Elétrica Capital, Orna&Menta, Vallori, WS Granitos
  • Lead Architects: Pedro Grilo, Júlia Coutinho, Rayan Santanna
  • Team: Luiza Cerutti
  • Work: Júlia Coutinho, Rafferson Camel
  • Editorial: Mariana Verdolin
  • Master Builder : Carlos da Rocha
  • Lighting: Lumini e Elétrica Capital
  • Millwork: Antônio Dias
  • City: Asa Norte
  • Country: Brazil
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Carbon Apartment / CoDA Arquitetura - Interior Photography, Living Room, Windows
© Larissa Sad

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

Carbon Apartment / CoDA Arquitetura - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Chair
© Larissa Sad

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. 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.

Carbon Apartment / CoDA Arquitetura - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Countertop, Table, Windows, Chair
© Larissa Sad
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Existing floor plan
Carbon Apartment / CoDA Arquitetura - Interior Photography
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Proposed floor plan
Carbon Apartment / CoDA Arquitetura - Interior Photography, Windows, Countertop
© Larissa Sad

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. 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.

Carbon Apartment / CoDA Arquitetura - Interior Photography, Windows
© Larissa Sad

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 / CoDA Arquitetura - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Windows, Chair
© 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 / CoDA Arquitetura - Interior Photography
© 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 / CoDA Arquitetura - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Table, Chair, Countertop
© Larissa Sad

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Address:Asa Norte, Brasília - Distrito Federal, 70297-400, Brazil

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Cite: "Carbon Apartment / CoDA Arquitetura" [Apartamento Carbono / CoDA Arquitetura] 10 Apr 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/999131/carbon-apartment-coda-arquitetos> ISSN 0719-8884

© Larissa Sad

混凝土长椅,碳公寓 / CoDA Arquitetura

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