Minimalist Apartment
Contemporary interiors, sobriety and pure textures
The interior design project of this 180 m² apartment in Sorocaba arose from the desire to create a quiet, sober urban sanctuary. The design directive was grounded in using few visual elements but of high quality and strong tactile appeal, eliminating decorative excesses and prioritizing spatial fluidity.
Zoning and Visual Integration
The original floor plan was reconfigured to unify the social living areas. Kitchen, dining room, and living room now form a single, continuous environment, subtly bounded only by changes in textures and functional custom millwork blocks.
The custom millwork acts as a structural element, camouflaging access doors to private quarters and integrating functional cabinets without interrupting the visual continuity of the walls.
The Poetics of Light and Shadow
Artificial lighting was treated as a spatial sculpture element. Excessive direct recessed ceiling fixtures were avoided, prioritizing linear indirect light coves and floor lamps with warm diffuse light (2700K).
This lighting study enhances material textures during the evening, creating cozy and intimate scenarios that encourage relaxation and slow down the urban routine.
Sober and Concrete Materiality
The selected materials follow the honest and purist industrial palette valued by 8HAUS Studio:
- Exposed Concrete: The building’s original pillars and beams were stripped and exposed, revealing the structural soul of the apartment.
- Natural Oak Wood: Brings warmth and thermal-visual comfort to cabinet fronts and acoustic paneling.
- Matte Black Metals: Details in lighting fixtures, handles, and frames create rigid contour lines inspired by drafting drawings.
- Raw Linen: Curtain sheets and upholstery fabrics introduce organic softness and natural texture to the composition.