Leandro Garcia outfits Praia Mansa Residence with Italian marble and Brazilian designs

Architect Leandro Garcia has renovated an condominium for a household’s vacation residence close to the seashore in Matinhos, Brazil and stuffed it with classic Brazilian furnishings.

Measuring 158 sq. metres, the three-bedroom unit is near a sandy seashore referred to as Praia Mansa de Caioba and has views of the Atlantic Ocean.

Garcia renovated the unit, aptly named Praia Mansa Residence, by increasing the dwelling space to function an open-plan kitchen, eating room and dwelling space. Partitions on the entrance had been eliminated and changed with a bookcase product of native freijó wooden, which is analogous to American walnut.

The picket construction provides privateness to a hallway that accesses the three bedrooms. The cupboard has storage cupboards, a nook for the tv, and open cabinets for displaying objects, equivalent to a Pião bowl by Curitiba-based Ana Penso and vases by São Paulo designer Nicole Toldi and Alva Design.

A bunch of Brazilian furnishings designs function within the condominium. In the lounge is a jequitibá strong wooden espresso desk by Pedro Petry, a classic desk lamp and a classic rosewood aspect desk.

Seating features a mid-century N armchair by Brazilian architect José Zanine Caldas, a Toti stool by Bernardo Figueiredo, and a 1980s Girafa stool by Lina Bo Bardi with Marcelo Ferraz and Marcelo Suzuki.

A cream, L-shaped sofa anchors the sitting space, whereas the eating space is outlined by a monolithic white Michelangelo Nuvolato marble eating desk customized made by Garcia with mild brown and gray veining.

Wooden chairs by Brazilian designer José Zanine Caldas from the 1950s have inexperienced material, and overhead are two Jabuticaba globe lighting fixtures by Brazilian designer Ana Neute to border the desk under.

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All through the condominium are white partitions and light-weight gray tile flooring for an general vibrant aesthetic. Sliding glass doorways are additionally coated with sheer, white curtains.

The kitchen includes a protracted counter constructed into the wall with white cupboards and a marble prime the identical because the eating desk. Bedrooms and loos are nearly all-white too, with white headboards and cupboards. A basin in a single toilet is created from the identical marble used for the eating desk and kitchen blacksplash.

Praia Mansa Residence is a few 1.5-hour drive from Curitiba – the place Garcia has accomplished an condominium for a journalist that makes room for entertaining regardless of its compact house.

Different tasks in Curitiba embody a slender espresso store by Boscardin Corsi Studio, a white home by Estúdio 41 and a timber firm headquarters.

Pictures is by Fran Parente.