PHENIX BOAT

Designed as a nomadic leisure house, with 33 meters in length (98 feet) and four levels, the Phenix boat had its interior project developed by Bernardes Arquitetura in partnership with Manoel Chaves, responsible for naval architecture.

On the lower deck with access from the stern (where the mechanical room is located) there are four suites in the central area – two of them with a double bed and the other two with three single beds each, one bunk bed -, and two sailor cabins in the front area. The single bedrooms are finished with wooden sheets on the furniture and walls, bringing more comfort to the space, as well as individual reading lamps and bed linen with blue fabric that alludes to the tone of the sea.

In the bow (main deck) are concentrated the leisure areas. At the stern is the veranda, which is transformed into a dining area with a table for up to eight seats, and a sofa covered in fabric for outdoor use, with greater durability in the maritime climate. Inside, the central area receives the same deck as the outside and wooden sheets on the walls, switches and fixed furniture. On the sides, two sofas are responsible for dividing the living and dining space. Sofas are upholstered in gray fabric and pillows in navy blue tones, like the chairs outside.

The integration of the kitchen and dining area is carried out through a side opening with direct access to the main counter, as a support area and plate tray. With an L-shaped layout following the design of the vertical circulation, the space is equipped with modern appliances especially designed for vessels. The cabinet handles have the armhole system, being hidden and saving space. In the back, a small pantry.

In the front area, there is the master suite, with a closet and interiors covered in wood with wide openings. On the side sofa, drawers expand the storage areas, and a baseboard with effect lighting, with a lighting project signed by Lightworks.

With an elevated view, the upper deck receives the TV room and a new balcony, with beanbags, a dining table that seats up to 10 people and a bench. In the bow, there is the captain’s cabin with two service stations. Meanwhile, the fly deck is responsible for concentrating a solarium.

VC OFFICE

To renovate a house of historic value from a semi-detached residential complex into an office, Bernardes Arquitetura sought solutions that maximized natural lighting and the sectorization of spaces.

In the front hall, we concentrate a simple reception composed of a small counter, and on this same space, a volume shaped from special curved glass panels that configure the main meeting room. The sheets of glass are attached directly to the metallic structure in the ceiling, free of frames and enhancing the organic design. Inside, the main wall is finished in the original stone of the house, and in the ceiling, wooden slats were installed. For convenience during meetings, a perimeter curtain allows it to be closed.

Preserving the memory of the original architecture, the stone is also present on the opposite wall and it was decided to keep it, receiving indirect lighting through the wall washing system, which simulates zenith lighting, with a lighting project developed in partnership with LD Studio.

In order to make better use of natural lighting and ventilation in the work spaces, the residence’s original central span was converted into a patio, either for meals or as an independent meeting room. At the rear, there are service spaces on the ground floor and a small room on the upper floor. These are protected by rustic wooden slatted panels as brises soleil, helping to filter light and privacy.

Creating the atmosphere of the green neighborhood to the project, in addition to the natural raw material brises, the central patio receives a vertical garden with tropical species and burnt cement on the floor.

On the first floor, the main room is equipped with a variety of workstations and a table with a sinuous design. Creating an aesthetic unity, the same wood as the ceiling of the meeting room on the ground floor is applied to this one, and the floor receives wooden rulers. In lighting, linear lamps.

CWN HOUSE

In Santana de Parnaíba, a city 40 kilometers away from São Paulo downtown, is the condominium where this residence was built. The plot with 1,850 square meters and approximately 6 meters of unevenness accommodated the house with 1,750 square meters of built area distributed over three floors. The L-shaped design and one of the diagonal wings has a steel frame and stone closures on the south face (opaque) and frames and brises on the north face (translucent).

Two axes organize the sectorization of the house from the volume in the shape of a boomerang, so that in the wing parallel to the street are the social areas and master suite, while in the second wing, in an obtuse angle, the service and intimate areas. In this first, the central area accommodates the double height living room, integrated into the garden of tropical species with landscaping designed by Isabel Duprat. Inside, from the modulation of the steel structure, the four upper faces are closed with glass and slatted wood panels, the one facing the garden with brise-soleil that follow the same alignment and dimension of the slats of the other panels. This approach allowed for strategic views from the upper floor, as well as protection against direct sunlight, in the case of brises-soleil.

It is worth mentioning that the brises-soleil detailed by the Bernardes Arquitetura team are supported by metal trays covered in metal plates with the same painting as the structure, which also plays the role of eaves.

On the lower face of the main module’s highlighted wall, the closure is made by applying stone. In the furniture, pieces by Brazilian designers make up the living room, such as the armchairs Mole by Sérgio Rodrigues and Vareta by Joaquim Tenreiro. On the left side, the space (with a simple height) is cut off perpendicularly by a wall where is the dining room, with access to the kitchen and back hallway.

At the opposite end, the veranda of the same dimension as the living room’s structural module, but with a simple height, can be integrated into the interior if the frame is open. The ceiling, volume of the barbecue grill and countertop receive wooden slats and rulers (the same as in the other spaces), and stone on the counter and sink niche. For furniture, the Box sofa by Jader Almeida in harmony with the Asturias Fixa armchairs by Carlos Motta on the garden.

The stone board flooring of the internal spaces was also used in the external area, and the absence of unevenness emphasizes the spatial continuity. The sash rail was embedded between the boards.

Bringing coziness and highlighting the natural tones of the materials, the lighting design, developed in partnership with Estúdio Carlos Fortes, uses a warm color temperature.

On the upper floor there are four suites, and due to the arrangement of the central void, the master suite is accommodated on the right side and accessed by a walkway, while the other bedrooms are distributed along the east-west axis. Wooden brises-soleil provides privacy and transparency to the garden, which contributes to the pleasant ambience of the resting spaces. In the basement, there is a garage for up to five cars and technical areas.

GAVEA BUILDING

Developed for a land on a busy street in the Gávea neighborhood, in the south of Rio de Janeiro city, this building accommodates five floors (ground floor, three floors and roof) and one basement, through a predominantly horizontal volume 15 meters wide by 30 meters deep, surrounded by neighboring tall buildings.

To better accommodate the residential program and concentrate the largest number of apartments in the low-rise project, it was decided to have the first apartment on the ground floor, while four standard apartments are placed on the first and second floors, and two duplex apartments occupy the third floor and coverage, totaling seven housing units.

The almost total occupation of the land and the inexistence of lateral setbacks, brought the challenge of how to ensure adequate natural lighting and ventilation to the interior of all apartments, solved through two courtyards: the first in the central area on the left side and the second in the back of the lot, which fulfills the role of the first unit’s balcony.

The vertical circulation core, equipped with a stair and two elevators, is provided in the volume so that each apartment (on the first two floors) is organized in a square space of 15×15 meters, mirrored on both sides, with the exception of the ground floor unit that has a service suite. Each housing unit consists of a living and dining room, an integrated kitchen and laundry area, and three suites that open onto a balcony and courtyard.

On the façade, the floor of the 2.5-meter-deep balconies in steel structure become eaves to the lower floors and the closing of the ends slopes diagonally, creating a certain graphic identity to the building. These inclined planes, in turn, have a system of translucent curtains, which can be closed or opened, according to the level of privacy and solar protection required. Inside, the floor and lining are finished with wooden rulers, while the outside is covered with metallic sheets with graphite gray paint that highlight the zigzag.

PIPA HOUSE

Pipa House was developed as a prototype by Bernardes Arquitetura, in partnership with a construction company and a couple of entrepreneurs, who wanted to build a product that could be replicated and sold in modules to other clients, generating a fast work experience, with guaranteed deadlines, energy efficiency and technological control.

The house was designed for building efficiency through an industrialized system that allowed its rapid execution and very low waste production. Its structural system in glued laminated eucalyptus wood (glulam) makes the house adaptable to different sites, allowing its reproduction in numerous slope variations while providing a great diversity of composition and the possibility of different finishes. The frame system, also in glued laminated wood, guarantees stability to the structural profiles.

The lifting of the house off the ground ensures water tightness and ventilation for the floor slab, as well as a visit to the facilities that are distributed underneath it. The liner, with the docking system, allows adjustment and visitation to the HVAC systems. The house has individualized heating systems and air conditioning and electrical installations divided in modules, simplifying its maintenance and operation. The external walls in prefabricated concrete panels, with a ventilated facade system, guarantee good thermal response and zero maintenance, due to the need of no retouching to the painting layer. The house was designed for good thermal insulation requiring low to zero maintenance. The team developed a product with high-quality materials and environmentally friendly technology, combining affordability and contemporary design.

ADEGA SANTIAGO RIO

The restaurant Adega Santiago, which already had three units in the city of São Paulo, opened its first unit in Rio de Janeiro in the old event space of a mall in Barra da Tijuca. The new restaurant, which has gained a privileged location that opens to the landscape of the Tijuca Lagoon, had as main challenge to convert a large space in a more intimate environment. Its spatial organization privileges the visual connection of the hall with the lagoon, while its operational areas are concentrated close to the loading and services access of the mall and close to the original blind walls of the salon. The connection of the restaurant with the view of the lagoon also occurs through the interior design and furniture, which reinforce this relationship through the design of more welcoming cabins and a spatial distribution that highlights it.

The finishing materials, which combine flooring, panels and furnishings in dark woods (cumaru, freijo and peroba rosa respectively) to leather coverings, were applied in more contemporary designs that are inspired by the intimate ambience already adopted in other units. The closing of the restaurant takes place through pivoting lattice panels that make the operation of the restaurant more flexible. These can either restrict the use of the salon outside peak hours or to private events, or allow it to expand to areas near the mall’s balcony that overlooks the lagoon. The lighting of the restaurant is through large circular pendants (two to three meters in diameter), lightly spaced, that eliminate the impact of the original large double height. At night, these pendants create a visual effect of large illuminated discs that seem to float above the salon.