Flat #6

Studio MK27

Short description

Flat #6 is a 900sqm apartment that overlooks Sao Paulo’s skyline through widescreen windows. Home for a couple with three teenager’s sons, the project establishes a permeable living.
A generous covered terrace delineates the apartment perimeter in two of its sides, mediating the dialogue between the more intimate spaces and the horizon surrounding them. The living room, embraced by a soulful bookshelf, open itself to the terrace in front through a wooden portico - that frame each of its ambiences: a bar, a firepit lounge and a backgammon table.
On the terrace’s corner, the bar meets a grand piano, usually played by the owner and his friends on a typical Brazilian “roda de samba”.
Around the corner, this continuous veranda gains a more familiar atmosphere, punctuated by a couple of study desks and cozy armchairs.
The TV room and bedrooms, in face, can open and close themselves to this collective ambience through the portico’s slatted wooden doors.
The continuity between all these spaces is enhanced by the constant finishings: the flooring, a dark grey basaltine stone and the wooden panels that evolve not only the porticos, but all doors and bookshelf.
The decoration adds a layer of tactility to each corner of the apartment. A mixture of contemporary and vintage pieces already owned by the couple blends harmonically with the sober finishings and adds a touch of color to the apartment. It includes great Brazilian vintage pieces and known designs such as Jorge Zalszupin Senior chairs, Onda bench Lenço side table and Giuseppe Scapinelli armchairs. Contemporary designs punctuate the compositions with bold pieces such as Paola Navone’s Nepal Little Armchair.
But, after all, we may say the main element of this project is none of the above. What wraps up it all is the bright sunlight that gets in through the apartment’s windows and the lace curtain that embraces them. Developed by the owner herself, the perforated artisanal fabric acts like a soft mashrabya, filtering the sunlight and creating shadow drawings throughout the apartment. Natural light warms up every piece and every corner, letting the woods, the velvets and the stones speak louder.