Appreciation towards StudioMK27 for providing the following description:
Facing a small urban square, the Loft Studio opens entirely to the outside. The inner
space of this photography studio flows into the side gardens of the building and into the
urban space, establishing a spatial continuity between the square and the building. The
façade, an aluminum gate is recessed into the concrete binding, integrating the front
patio with the square; further, two large swinging metal gates – each more than 11
meters wide – permit fluidity between the gardens and the open space of the studio.
space of this photography studio flows into the side gardens of the building and into the
urban space, establishing a spatial continuity between the square and the building. The
façade, an aluminum gate is recessed into the concrete binding, integrating the front
patio with the square; further, two large swinging metal gates – each more than 11
meters wide – permit fluidity between the gardens and the open space of the studio.
Opened, these swinging gates make all visual barriers between internal and external
space disappear. Closed, they allow the light in the Photography Studio to be
controlled artificially. In the opening of the ground floor, there is a box clad in formica-
china, where we have the lavatory, dressing room and the technical area. In this space,
there is no interference of the structure, which is built into the side walls of the building.
Behind the green box, the stairs – lighted by a skylight – leads to the first floor, where
we find the offices and the library.
A volume with metallic material organizes all the space on this floor, separating the
rooms and corridors. On this floor there is a kitchen the lavatories and the stairs that
lead to the top floor. The negative of this volume is the work rooms which can be
opened or closed - depending on the desired privacy – through sliding panels which
are built into the central box. In the main office a fixed mashrabiya panel filters the light,
while simultaneously opening a beautiful view of the large trees in the square. On the
top floor, there is a social room positioned over the front garden. This space opens with
folding wooden panels, painted red, onto a deck where you can once again see the
tree tops: a pleasant space for meetings on sunny days.
The material used internally displays an industrial aesthetic, appropriate for the
intensive use of a photography Studio that needs to constantly transform itself,
depending on the situation. The floor of the large opening is of white resin which also
becomes the endless back and the wall. On the other floors, the wooden floor warms
the ambient. Externally, the metal doors join the exposed concrete and the different
colored wooden panels.
project > studio R
location > são paulo . sp . brazil
project > fevereiro . 2008
completion > september . 2012
site area > 338,15sqm
built area > 373,00sqm
location > são paulo . sp . brazil
project > fevereiro . 2008
completion > september . 2012
site area > 338,15sqm
built area > 373,00sqm
architecture > studio mk27
architect > marcio kogan
co-architect > gabriel kogan . oswaldo pessano
interiors > diana radomysler
team > beatriz meyer . eduardo chalabi . eduardo glycerio . eduardo gurian . elisa
friedmann . gabriel kogan . lair reis . luciana antunes . marcio tanaka .
maria cristina motta . mariana ruzante . mariana simas
samanta cafardo . suzana glogowski
collaborators > fernando falcon . fabiana cyon
photographer > fernando guerra
email > sergioguerra@ultimasreportagens.com
landscape architect > passe_ar verde
joão fausto maule filho
structure engineer > leão e associados
eng. joão rubens leão
general contractor > lock engenharia
eng. marcelo ribeiro
air conditioning > grau engenharia
installations > grau engenharia
gates > s. naldi
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