Tropical Art House
Some houses have a soul, and Tropical Art House is one of them. In São Paulo, this residence celebrates Brazil and its nature, with a garden that runs through the interiors and brings breathing room to the city. The project embraces maximalism as method, placing color, texture, and art on equal footing. Despite the owners’ Spanish heritage, the brief was for a home Brazilian in essence. The layout was designed to evolve over time, keeping pace with a collection that defines scale and architecture, with high walls and long sightlines for large-format works. Ascânio MMM, Sergio Camargo, and Di Cavalcanti converse with other geographies in a curatorship guided by encounter. In the study, a panel by Antonio Henrique do Amaral concentrates the project’s chromatic pulse. In the library, Emil Bauch’s Gran Panorama do Rio de Janeiro anchors the room, alongside armchairs in Lee Jofa fabric. In the courtyard, a sculpture by Jaume Plensa and an Atlantic Forest mosaic by Marjorie Knowles and Rosie Skaife d’Ingerthorpe reinforce the idea of a garden house. In the entry hall, a kinetic installation by Jesús Rafael Soto introduces movement, alongside a blue origami work by D. Hinklay. Among works and objects, Brazilian art asserts itself, with color and form held in precise tension.
Project Details
- Location Sao Paulo . Brazil
- Type Residential
- Area 1400 sqm
- Project year 2020
- Status Built
- Architecture and Interiors Sig Bergamin & Murilo Lomas
- Photographer Bjorn Wallander
