The design of this private library has started from a requisite of space from a bibliophile: to organize and expose a collection of books previously confined in boxes. It was proposed a dialogue between daily habits cultivated in a pre-existing house and a large garden area available.

© Dalton Bertini Ruas

Architects: IPEA

Location: Granja Viana, Cotia - SP, Brazil

Architects In Charge: Alessio Perticarti Dionisi, Dalton Bertini Ruas, Elizabeth Romani

Area: 104.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Dalton Bertini Ruas

Structure : Arquimedes Costa

Consultant : Meirelles Carvalho

Construction Manager: Tomás Bolognani Martins
Forman: Ceará

Metalworker: Quiles

Woodwork: Abitacolo

© Dalton Bertini Ruas

From the architect. The design of this private library has started from a requisite of space from a bibliophile: to organize and expose a collection of books previously confined in boxes. It was proposed a dialogue between daily habits cultivated in a pre-existing house and a large garden area available.

© Dalton Bertini Ruas

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