Volume B

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Project details

• Project Name: Volume B
• Location of Site: Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Principal Designer/s: Marcio Kogan
• Design Team: Diana Radomysler, Oswaldo Pessano, Renata Furlanetto, Samanta Cafardo, Suzana Glogowski, Lair Reis, Carolina Castroviejo, Eduardo Glycerio, Maria Cristina Motta, Gabriel Kogan, Mariana Simas
• Project Type: Retail/Furniture Store
• Client: Vitra
• Contractor/s: Pentagono Engenharia (General)
• Site Area: 504 sq. m
• Built-up Area: 250 sq. m
• Date of completion: May 2007

More project details

Project Architects: Diana Radomysler, Lair Reis, Oswaldo Pessano, Renata Furlanetto, Regiane Leao, Samanta Cafardo, Suzana Glogowski; Iron Windows: Jlm Serralheria; Glass: G&J Vidros

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

This project is the retail furniture store Vitra located in Sao Paulo. We used the materials in their extreme condition, such as visible concrete executed without any concern about precision or finishing, or the skin of the back volume where we used various layers of a steel frame which is usually used on the inside of the concrete slabs and were found at the site. Likewise, the interior walls did not get any special finishing and still have the original chalk markings left by the workers during the construction, almost an archeological discovery. The external floor is made of pebbles which are also used to mix concrete. Almost an x-ray of the materials.

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Photograph by Nelson Kon, courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto (mk27).

Credits

• Text, Courtesy of Marcio Kogan Arquiteto
• Photographs by Nelson Kon