Sculptural staircase forms centrepiece of Loft Diego in Porto Alegre
Brazilian architecture studio Arquitetura Nacional has transformed a duplex apartment in Porto Alegre using a black spiral staircase, brise-soleil and locally sourced furniture.
The 635-square-foot (59-square-metre) Loft Diego is located in a residential building in a recently constructed mixed-use complex, where many residents live and work.
Completed in 2019, the renovation was geared towards the client's desire to live in a more integrated space.
To accomplish this, Arquitetura Nacional connected areas on the entrance floor and incorporated laundry appliances into the kitchen woodwork.
"We were looking for a very comfortable space, but at the same time, minimalistic," Arquitetura Nacional co-founder Paula Otto told Dezeen. "Since the owner of the house has friends over a lot, the idea was to create a very fluid space." On one side of the apartment, windows stretch the full height of the two-storey space. The glazing is shaded with brise-soleil, which is operated by remote control so that the user can adjust the light and atmosphere inside the loft.
A black heliocoidal staircase is positioned at the centre of the apartment to connect the lower level with the mezzanine above. Suspended from a steel structure that supports the upper storey, the staircase does not touch the floor beneath it.
The staircase was fabricated by folding and welding steel into the desired shape. It was assembled at a factory and finished on site with plastic covering and bla...
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