SuperLimão creates sunken taproom and beer backyard for Brazilian brewery

Gabion partitions, laminated wooden and concrete had been used to kind this cave-like beer corridor in southeastern Brazil, which was designed by SuperLimão Studio to minimise power utilization.

Toca do Urso – the Portuguese time period for “bear lair” – is positioned in Ribeirão Preto, a metropolis in southeastern Brazil with a scorching local weather. The undertaking entailed making a taproom and beer backyard for the Cervejaria Colorado brewery, which was established in 1995.

SuperLimão Studio, primarily based in São Paulo, aimed to minimise supplies, waste and power utilization. Their ensuing design attracts upon vernacular structure and native web site situations.

“The undertaking sought to reap the benefits of what already existed within the environment, such because the crown of two giant timber that shade the world an excellent a part of the day,” the studio stated in an outline.

Encompassing 2,000 square-metres, the faucet room and beer backyard had been constructed in entrance of the brewing services, on the location of a former car parking zone.

To make sure a cushty environment with out using air-con, the group determined to sink the constructing 1.5 metres under the bottom.

The excavated grime was used to kind a tall berm, or raised financial institution, that encircles the constructing. The raised edge helps maintain the world cool whereas blocking noise from a close-by freeway. Native timber had been additionally added to the panorama to assist mitigate the “warmth bubble”.

The constructing has an irregular plan. Radiating across the round fundamental corridor are concrete volumes that include seating, cupboard space, and restrooms. The principle space has no doorways, enabling the inside to seamlessly merge with the open-air backyard.

To assist guarantee thermal consolation, the partitions are fabricated from concrete and gabion cages stuffed with gray rocks. Concrete was used for the flooring.

The cool surfaces are contrasted with picket accents and furnishings, which add heat to the area. The group famous that almost all supplies within the constructing got here from inside 20 kilometres of the location.

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Hovering above the corridor is a strong cover fabricated from laminated timber beams and light-weight sandwich panels.

An oculus allows pure gentle to stream into the area, whereas additionally bringing in recent air and offering a connection to the timber and sky above.

Acoustics performed a task within the cover’s design. The underside is formed in a approach that channels sound to the outside. This not solely reduces inside noise, but additionally evenly distributes music when bands are enjoying.

Whereas the constructing has an air-conditioning system, it’s only used on crucial days. To assist passively cool the constructing, the group put in grates and a sequence of under-floor water canals that add humidity to the air.

“The air is renewed and humidified, decreasing the temperature naturally as in previous medieval castles,” the studio stated.

The array of techniques used to chill the constructing have been efficient. In accordance with the architects, the constructing’s inside temperature is roughly 15 levels celsius cooler than outdoors.

SuperLimão Studio has an eclectic portfolio of business and residential initiatives.

Different initiatives by the agency embody the overhaul of an condominium inside a 1960s constructing designed by Oscar Niemeyer that encompasses a ribbed ceiling and board-marked concrete partitions.

The agency additionally labored with Fernando and Humberto Campana to create a furnishings showroom in São Paulo that encompasses a facade fabricated from plant-filled vases.

Pictures is by Maíra Acayaba.

Challenge credit:

Structure: SuperLimão Studio
Challenge group: Lula Gouveia, Thiago Rodrigues, Antonio Carlos Figueira de Mello, Júlia Regis Bittencourt