Contemporary Apartment Design, Industrial Loft by Diego Revollo

January 05, 2011 By: Ryan Posted in: Apartments

The Industrial Loft is designed by Diego Revollo, an interior designer based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Diego is getting noticed as an architect that really knows how to use classic elements in contemporary projects and he recently finished the design of this beautiful loft-style apartment, the industrial loft. The loft has 100 square meters (1.076 sq ft) and its located in the southern part of Sao Paulo. The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. The project has the perfect mix of modernity and comfort, giving the residence an industrial felling, an unique style. In this project the main element was integration, so he used one material to cover walls and roof, creating a single box.

From Designer:
The choice for just one kind of covering for the walls and the roof of the whole apartment provided more uniformity to the area, creating a single box. With the goal of reaching the balance between rustic and industrial characteristics and warm and comfortable sensation, burned cement was chosen as the main covering. A special resin was used in the effort to get more impermeability of the wet surfaces.

On the lower floor, the living room, dining room and kitchen have also been unified, once they don’t have sheds or division, the dining table appears as a wooden board made of Pine setted in a kitchen workbench adding modernity to the materials. In the mezzanine, the elimination of any division between rooms bathrooms and the closet, was the solution chosen to provide wideness to the area. The low headboard designed by the office, with the two hanging bedside tables on both sides, accentuate the horizontality and helps providing much more amplitude. The composition of soft elements as the hanging board made of ebonized Sucupira in the bathroom that takes place of a normal cabinet, and the mirror setted on the roof with faces to both sides, contributed to reach the target.

The contemporaneity present in this project goes beyond of his structure, being also strongly presented in the ornamental elements. Each detail was specially thought to accentuate the characteristics of this kind of apartment remitting them to the sheds of New York.