LEA Apartment

The apartment dresses those who inhabit it. The young resident's main request for her first home was a clean apartment with soft tones, designed to accommodate a comfortable daily life.

Prioritizing the dining room on the balcony, the layout of the center of the social area is designed in an island style, with a partition for meal preparation, seating space at the counter, and accommodating the back of the living-room sofa.

The primary materiality explored in this project was ceramic, which, through its natural raw material and manual processes, envelops the resident in a welcoming atmosphere. It appears applied throughout the panel that divides the social area from the intimate one, and mimics the access doors to the bedroom, office, and powder room.

To contrast with the soft tones, the same terracotta-colored ceramic was chosen to demarcate the kitchen area in a box shape, already present in the property's layout. As it's a tone easily found in nature, despite its strength, it brings comfort to the eye, along with a touch of surprise.

Carpentry is crafted with curved edges, aiming not to create barriers or delineations but to convey continuity and fluidity to the space. Present in the rack, kitchen island, office and bathroom shelving design, the curved line becomes a feature in the project, also appearing in the recesses of the handles and furniture details.

The powder room has a cave-like aura, entirely covered in white Portuguese stone on both walls and ceiling, adorned with distorted mirrors and a front sconce in a wall composition.

It's a project that exudes lightness through the choice of materials found in nature, such as ceramic, Portuguese stone, natural wood veneer, and warm tones.

Photography: Gabriela Mestriner