Architects:VAGA

Area :2260 ft²

Year :2020

Photographs :Pedro Napolitano Prata

Lead Architects :Fernando O'Leary, Pedro Domingues, Pedro Faria

Project Team : Cauê Martins, Gabriela Inomata, Tali Liberman

Landscape : Planta Plena

City : São Paulo

Country : Brazil

"A vegan restaurant, that values organic and natural ingredients supplied by small producers from different regions of Brazil, located in a space with plenty of natural lighting, accessible to everyone and pet friendly." These are the major foundations that motivated the establishment of Cajuí Restaurant, located in São Paulo, Brazil. Along with the initial assessment of the pre-existing construction, the concept idealized by the client was the main basis for the development of the first architectural drafts.

The big acclivity right at the access to the site, the numerous levels of the existing construction and the darkness due to the narrow plot, practically entirely covered, indicated the physical challenges for the implementation of the architectural concept.