该项目旨在为圣保罗中心城区的公寓空间增添几分住宅的温馨，同时也保持与自然的联系。于是，团队保留了建材的自然纹理，增强了室内采光，并将空间基调定为与花园中的绿意形成对比的浅色系。

▼项目概览，project overall view © André Mortatti / Marcos Caldo

该项目就像是一次日本建筑元素的运用实验：轻巧的结构、对原材料及其自然纹理的使用，以及围绕tsuboniwa和shakkei两个概念打造的景观。Tsuboniwa是8世纪以来日本建筑中一种常见的元素，随着时间的推移而逐渐现代化。它可以被理解为一个设置在封闭建筑中的庭院花园。在本项目中，这一元素被应用在公寓的社交区域，充当客厅、餐厅与厨房之间的视觉联系。

The project performed as an experiment to apply elements of Japanese’s architecture: a light composition, use of raw materials and their own natural textures, as well as tsuboniwa and shakkei as the landscape concept. Tsuboniwa is a common element in Japanese’s architecture since the 8th century, but over the time it got modernized. It can be read as a courtyard garden, planted enclosed a building, in this case, the apartment, something similar as a winter garden. This element was applied in the social area of the apartment, as a visual connection between the living room, the dining room and the kitchen.

▼客厅区域，the living area © André Mortatti / Marcos Caldo

▼从玄关看向种满绿植的阳台， view from porch to the balcony full of green plant © André Mortatti / Marcos Caldo

当项目使用背景元素来丰富建筑和景观时，Shakkei便可以理解为“借来的风景”。在阳台上，住户可以看见来自户外的凤凰木树梢。于是项目团队便将此景作为设计理念，打造出一座贯穿整个阳台的花园。这片位于圣保罗闹市区公寓内的广阔绿地，为室内外空间构建了独特的联系。

On the other hand, Shakkei could be translated as “borrowed scenery”, when the project uses elements of the background to compose the architecture and the landscape. In the balcony, we can see the treetop of a flamboyant, and the landscape project took it as the design concept to create a garden through all the balcony. It results in an arrangement between interior and exterior elements, as a vast green area inside an apartment on a complete urbanized zone of São Paulo.

▼花园阳台，garden balcony © André Mortatti / Marcos Caldo