Millan Art Gallery

Undiú + Clara Werneck

ARCHITECTS
Clara Werneck, Undiú

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Clara Werneck, Tomás Millan E Victor Oliveira

MANUFACTURERS
Daikin, Embu Art Glass, Montek Montagem, Ns Brazil

CONSTRUCTION
Nix Construções

STRUCTURE
Ft Oyamada

AIR CONDITIONING
Green Watt

MEP
Ramoska E Castellani

LIGHTING DESIGN
Lux Projetos

WINDOW FRAMES
Arqmate

PHOTOGRAPHS
Pedro Kok

AREA
190 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
São Paulo, Brazil

CATEGORY
Gallery

The project commissioned was to dispose of an exhibition room and an office space in a narrow site adjacent to an existing building belonging to Millan’s art gallery.

An internal passage and a common esplanade were proposed to communicate the buildings, guaranteeing unity between them.

The concept was to locate the exhibition room on the ground floor and to conform the office as a mezzanine that does not touch the side walls so that the resulting double-height void enables natural light to enter the exposition through a pair of longitudinal skylights located on the roof. .

The exhibition wall next to the façade was conceived as a detachable panel, allowing excellent communication between the interior and exterior

While the construction’s perimeter and its service core were built in masonry and concrete, the façade, mezzanine and roof were designed as light steel structures, most of which pre-assembled in factory, granting more agility at the construction site.