{"id":2971,"date":"2024-12-13T17:08:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T09:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2024\/12\/13\/a-minimalist-tropical-apartment-for-an-art-collector-in-sao-paulo-brazil\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T09:08:29","slug":"a-minimalist-tropical-apartment-for-an-art-collector-in-sao-paulo-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/a-minimalist-tropical-apartment-for-an-art-collector-in-sao-paulo-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"A Minimalist Tropical Apartment for an Art Collector in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Brazilian architect and designer Felipe Hess renovated a 4,800-square-foot apartment for a young art collector, he let the client\u2019s antique Brazilian furniture and artwork dictate the space. The apartment, located on Avenida Paulista in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, was originally sectioned off into a series of small rooms. Hess converted it into just two rooms: a living area encompassing a kitchen and dining room and a 1,100-square-foot bedroom. \u201cThe idea was to make the architecture disappear by creating a neat and clean backdrop to house the vast art collection, which is in constant transformation,\u201d says Hess. Here\u2019s a look at the renovation.<\/p>\n

Photography by Ruy Teixeira, courtesy of Felipe Hess.<\/p>\n


Above: Hess used groupings of the client\u2019s furniture to create multiple seating areas and dining rooms. Here, a collection of silver wine goblets on a glass coffee table is surrounded by vintage chairs, including a Jean Gillon Jaganda Chair from Brazil at left.
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Above: A wide view of the open living room space. Note how Hess grouped a collection of sculptural chairs around a coffee table and used an area rug to anchor the seating area.
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Above: An antique woven rattan-backed bench faces a grouping of chairs. On the far left is a pine chair designed by architect Lina Bo Bardi in the 1950s and on the far right is a midcentury slatted X-base folding chair.
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Above: \u201cA monolithic floor runs throughout the apartment, reinforcing the continuity of the spaces. Loose blocks of granite help to overcome the existing gaps,\u201d Hess explains.
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Above: \u201cThe white walls were redesigned to avoid corners, thus creating great exhibition planes,\u201d says Hess.
Above: An antique chair at the entrance to an otherwise modern guest bathroom.
Above: The main space is divided into levels\u2014two steps lead up to the dining room and kitchen, and two steps lead down to the living space.,

Above: A view from the elevated dining room into the kitchen on the same level.
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Above: A modern kitchen with a concrete waterfall kitchen island and minimalist white cabinets.
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Above: The single bedroom measures 1,100 square feet. To break up the space, the designers created discrete seating areas.
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Above: Hess created a single long floating shelf above the bed, using the same concrete as on the kitchen countertops. It\u2019s a place where small objects, sculpture, and framed art is displayed.
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Above: An area of the bedroom, grand piano included.
Above: A floating concrete counter with a circular, wood-framed mirror in the bathroom off the primary bedroom.
Above: The overall composition. <\/p>\n

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