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Borges 3647 Apartment Building

Borges 3647 Apartment Building
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Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi

BORGES 3647 APARTMENT BUILDING

Cité Arquitetura

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Celso Rayol & Fernando Costa

VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Jorge Darzé

FOUNDATIONS
Abs Fundações

PHOTOGRAPHS
Pedro Vannucchi

COLLABORATORS
Project Managers Lúcia Andrezo and Beatriz Aguiar Design Team André Caterina, Gabriela Sales, Daniel Osório, Letícia Burkardt, Vinicius Philot, Fabiano Ravaglia, Thiago Godoy, Júlio Sartori and Ana Terra Vettori.

STRUCTURE
Adler Projetos Estruturais

ACOUSTICS
Traço Verde Arquitetura Ambiental

INSTALLATION
Aq Projetos De Instalações

WATERPROOFING SPECIALIST
Gti Projetos E Consultoria

CONSULTANT
B&g Arquitetura Consultiva

MANUFACTURERS
Thyssenkrupp, Casa Blanca Revestimentos, Chaleur Brasil, Força Carioca, Grupo Paris, Nacional Madeiras, Portobello S.a.

BUILDING MANAGER
Pi Arquitetos

FIRE
Hidrofire

LOCATION
Lagoa, Brazil

CATEGORY
Residential

YEAR
2020

AREA
423 m²

Text description provided by the architects.

With its memorable lines that run along the entire façade, the Borges Building project, located at Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, was designed to enhance and connect with this remarkable landscape of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi

Cité Arquitetura created a powerful pattern of lines that permeate the entire façade.

According to Waltércio Caldas, "Drawings are mostly paper objects and some believe that drawing is the fastest process of art.

Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi

But art depends a lot on this 'nearly nothing' and drawings remain as smiles, unsuspectingly going towards oblivion".

The lines that form a design are embedded in the meaning of a project. We used this idea to build the concept:

Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi

a series of lines along the entire façade, creating volumetric matrices and finishing details.

To ensure a perfect view of the lake and the large tree canopies on the street, the project features wide spans, resulting in a strong visual connection with the surrounding landscape.

The first layer that forms this façade is composed of concrete and perforated metal panels.

Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi

The second layer, the balconies, is composed of wood slats in an asymmetrical and varying pattern.

The building has six floors and two units per floor, one with three bedrooms and the other with two bedrooms.

The position of the bathrooms and kitchens allows for a floor plan with a maximum number of layout variations.

Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi

There are three different floor plan variations in this proposal, including the possibility of adapting to a floor-through unit quickly and efficiently.

This flexibility allows dwellers to adapt the house according to their preferences and needs.

Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi

The units on the second floor offer private gardens, while the units on the sixth floor have rooftop terraces with panoramic views.

This project, along with the Carmela Dutra and Lygia Reisen building, is part of the Cité Design 360, a program in which Cité Arquitetura actively participates in all stages of the design, from viability studies to the creation of a name for the development, as well as advertising material and construction drawings.

Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi


Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi


Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
© Pedro Vannucchi


Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building


Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building
Borges 3647 Apartment Building

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