圣保罗风格 | 帕斯卡利·塞米尔贾尼建筑师的可持续公寓设计

In the dining room of a São Paulo apartment renovated by Pascali Semerdjian Architects, Bertjan Pot’s Prop pendant fixtures hang from the exposed original ceiling, which is complemented by walls paneled in board-formed concrete. Having spent practically their entire adult lives as renters—in Buenos Aires, Lisbon, and London, where they’d moved three times in 10 years—the new homeowners “had a checklist of mistakes we wouldn’t make and things we liked,” Perry says. This included wall space for a growing art collection; public areas that were generous but not palatial; avoidance of leather or synthetic fabrics; and certificates of sustainability for every piece of wood used in the renovation. The goal: “A home that was proud of São Paulo,” a city, she adds ruefully, “that people love to hate.” Gutting the 4,000-square-foot apartment was relatively easy. Removing the worn-out gypsum ceiling revealed the building’s elegant concrete formwork, which is left exposed in some rooms. Save for an unmovable plumbing pipe—wrapped in rope, it’s now part of the daughters’ playroom—there were few structural constraints, allowing the couple to organize the layout as they saw fit: The public areas and guest suite occupy the southern half of the apartment, while sliding doors allow private circulation between the three family bedrooms and the kitchen, an intimate sanctum within the larger context.

Vintage Erik Buch chairs surround Pascali Semerdjian’s Monica table in the dining room; flooring here and throughout much of the four-bedroom apartment is European oak.

In the dining room, a wall sculpture by Brazilian-Polish artist Franz Krajcberg hangs near the entrance to the kitchen.

Served by Alvar Aalto stools, a freijo table cantilevers from the kitchen’s solid concrete island, which was hoisted in through a window.

A built-in brass key bowl protrudes from a niche in the entry hall.

Works by Brazilian artists—Ana María Tavares (left), Gabriela Costa (right), and Matias Mesquita (background)—line the entry hall.

A vintage Kurt Østervig lounge chair upholstered in sheepskin sits next to a custom sofa in the living room, where flooring is basalt.

At the other end of the living-room sofa, backlighting turns a panel of Pakistani onyx into a glowing artwork.

An artwork by Katrin Korfmann joins a Zanine Caldas armchair and a rare vintage floor lamp attributed to Hans Bergström in the main bedroom.

Pascali Semerdjian’s Duna sconce, which contains sand and can be rotated like an hourglass, lights a niche in a child’s bedroom.

Its closet incorporates custom acrylic storage lit by LEDs.

Millwork in the playroom is freijo, an abundant South American timber.

A Luiza Ladeira Lavorato photograph hangs above the main bedroom’s brass table lamp and custom desk.

Its bathroom niche and sink are custom made of copper.

Custom fittings enliven the main bathroom, clad entirely in Branca Paraná marble. PROJECT TEAM PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT THROUGHOUT