'Banquinho Bo', child's bench with giraffe back
“For me popular art is non-existent. Out of necessity people do things that are related to life” – With this sentence, said by the Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi, Studio MK27 described the idea behind their exhibition of furniture at this year’s INTERIEUR in Kortrijk. The showcased furniture were designed and created by Brazilian civil construction laborers with residual building materials. All of them were used at the construction sites. Some of the pieces underwent some small interventions, realized in a precise and artisan manner.
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'House 6' by Marcio Kogan, photo by Rômulo Fialdini
Recently studio mk27 unveiled this luxurious home, which clearly carries the handwriting of the São Paulo based architectural practice around Marcio Kogan. The construction is based on two transversal volumes and an annex in the back that holds a home office. The cantilevered upper part provides alarge covered external space which was a definite request of the client.
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primetime nursery school by studio mk27, photo by Nelson Kon
The Sao Paulo based architectural practice studio mk27, founded in the 1980s by Marcio Kogan, realised this nursery school in their hometown. It is the first Brazilian nursery developed from a program specially directed for children aged from zero to 3 years, based on an exclusive educational concept.
primetime nursery school by studio mk27, photo by Nelson Kon
“The priority was to conceive of an abstract non-stereotypical space with a ludic character that would meet the functional demands of the numerous procedures involved.
Circulation is achieved through ramps and the use of friendly materials such as, the soft floor and operational ergonometry, were fundamental for a safe and comfortable environment where the children could readily develop their activities.
The technical team involved adhered to this same orientation, offering ideal solutions for the best air and water quality, floor heating and balanced lighting.
The landscaping was equally conceived to guarantee the safe interaction among the children.
In addition to using natural materials, the colors yellow, orange and red were selected to create a stimulating atmosphere.”
primetime nursery school by studio mk27, photo by Nelson Kon
primetime nursery school by studio mk27, photo by Nelson Kon
primetime nursery school by studio mk27, photo by Nelson Kon
primetime nursery school by studio mk27, photo by Nelson Kon
Design team:
author: marcio kogan
co-author: lair reis
interior design co-authors: diana radomysler, regiane leão
project architects: beatriz meyer, carolina castroviejo, eduardo chalabi, eduardo glycerio, gabriel kogan, maria cristina motta, mariana simas, oswaldo pessano, renata furlanetto, samanta cafardo, suzana glogowski
Client:
fakiani contruções
Project partners:
landscape architect: renata tilli
lightning project: marcio kogan, beatriz ennes
structural design: aluizio d’ávila
instalations: grau engenharia
consultant kitchens: gisela porto
to the studio mk27 profile @ Architonic
Paraty House by Marcio Kogan
There is a legend, which says that the region of the colonial city of Paraty and Angra dos Reis (between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) has 365 islands, one for each day of the year. Two boxes of reinforced concrete, rest fixed connected on the mountainside of one of these islands; two modern prisms between the large colossal stones of the Brazilian coast. This is Paraty House designed by Marcio Kogan Architects from Brasil.
Paraty House by Marcio Kogan
The volumes project outward from the mountain, almost abreast of the beach, in an 8-meters cantilever. The house, of structural ingenuity, finds balance in the topography of the land, constituting an extensive open doorway and living space in the practically untouched nature. In the rocks of Paraty, in the dense rain forest of the island, poisonous spiders discover this orthogonal volume and penetrate the grass that coats the slab. Moving their fore and hind legs quickly, they reclaim the site. The spiders continue on their way into the house and penetrate into an important furniture collection of the XX century designed, among others, by George Nakashima, Luis Barragan, Lina Bo Bardi, Sérgio Rodrigues, Joaquim Tenreiro and José Zanine Caldas. The spiders become lost in the upholstered chair.
Paraty House by Marcio Kogan
The inhabitants arrive by boat: the entrance to the house, already protected by the slab, after stepping on the sand, is via a metallic bridge positioned over a crystal-lined reflecting pool. The bridge leads to stairs connecting to the lower volume. This volume contains part of the program of the house: living room, kitchen and service area. The continual internal area has a 27-meter span and huge glass windows allow for the view, the sea.
The same entrance stairs lead to the upper volume, which lodges the bedrooms. In the front part of the house, retractile panels of eucalyptus sticks protect the bedrooms from the sun. The spaces that face the mountain have small internal patios with zenithal lighting and the use of exposed reinforced concrete grants a striking texture to the walls.
The entire top of the house is covered with terraces, observatories for the inhabitants, for the poisonous spiders, or garden for the sculptures and for the medicinal plants and edible herbs.
Paraty House by Marcio Kogan
Location: Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Project: January 2008
Conclusion: May 2009
Site area: 50000 m2
Builted area: 1050 m2
Author: Marcio Kogan
co-author: Suzana Glogowski
Interior design co-authors: Diana Radomysler, Carolina Castroviejo
Team: Beatriz Meyer, Eduardo Glycerio, Gabriel Kogan, Lair Reis, Maria Cristina Motta, Mariana Simas, Oswaldo Pessano, Renata Furlanetto, Samanta Cafardo
Landscape architect: Gil Fialho
General contractor: Lock Engenharia, Arq. Andressa Donadio, Eng. Romolo Germano
Structure engineer: sf engenharia, Eng. Otávio de Souza Gomes
seen @ Dezona
‘Osler House’ in Brasilia / Brazil by Marcio Kogan
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'Osler House' by Marcio Kogan
Osler House is located in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, a city which is a world reference for urban planning. It is very similar in the following with Gama Issa House – also designed by Marcio Kogan. Basically, we still have the parallelogram box, but the second top part of the box is enlarged in dimensions from its base and is pivoted and rotated to a 90 degree angle. Osler House basically forms the letter T when one looks at the site plan.
'Osler House' by Marcio Kogan
The plan of Osler House is arranged by a ground floor parallelogram volume, a suspended volume and a deck with an outdoor pool. The concrete and wooden base volume houses the master bedroom, another bedroom, bathroom, laundry room, the utility area and the garage. The vertical wooden shutters offer a natural light filtration while letting the sun shine in. However, they can be open out entirely to connect the interior with the exterior, and furthermore bring more natural light and cross-ventilation into the house. These vertical wooden shutters are evocative of other elements which are commonly used in the modern city.
'Osler House' in Brasilia
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