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São Paulo based Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos are no strangers to apartment renovations having recently completed a project for one of the most iconic residential building in their city. For this residence, which is located inan early 1960s apartment building in São Paulo, they have updated its mid-century modernism to reflect both an aesthetic of contemporary elegance and its owners’ personality. Upon entering the apartment, you are greeted by a small, idiosyncratic vestibule of peeling paint, exposed brick walls and quirky artwork by street artists such as BLU and Interesni Kazki that elicits a bohemian, urban vibe, serving as a transitional space between the chaotic streets of Sao Paulo and the refined modernism of the rest of the interiors. 
The apartment’s core is the open-plan living room with serves as lounge, TV room, dining area and kitchen, a layout that required several walls to be torn down. In order to delineate the kitchen area from the rest of the space without sacrificing its openness, the architects have used colour and texture, cutting off the parquet flooring, and replacing it with small hexagonal white tiles that extend to the walls and ceiling enveloping the kitchen’s notional volume. The all white cupboards and appliances amplify the visual separation even more. Taking over one side of the living room, a bespoke bookcase of minimal design showcases the owners’ literary and artistic acquisitions. Made out of very thin metal sheets and painted white, the shelves stretch along the length of the wall only to be interrupted by the door and two wooden niches shaped like Armenian church windows as portrayed in Soviet director Sergei Parajanov’s |
