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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. SC Office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos AssociadosApril 30th, 2020 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados The Edifício Argentina, located in Botafogo Beach, is a significant business center of the city. It was built in 1978 during the Brutalism architecture of the 70s and has a central line distribution and two elevator blocks organization.  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados
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 Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados When the office was asked to implement this branch office in Rio de Janeiro, for whom we have already projected its head office in São Paulo, the architects of Reinach Mendonça faced a building that all receptions were central and next to the elevators, far from the natural light and consequentially dark. The main idea was exactly to reverse this logic and redeem the iconic view of Pão de Açúcar towards the reception, thus everyone that arrives on the floor be surprised by the view. In order to obtain the view, the central circulation axis was enlarged up to the ending façade turned towards the sea view. An entire mirrored wall created an illusion of duplication of the landscape and enlargement of the space. On the opposite side of this axis is a secondary access for employees that pass between suspended shelters, configuring the library. Behind the library, a wide space with shared tables forms the work area, that is surrounded by many private lawyer’s rooms. The conference rooms are placed on both sides of the reception and along with the main façade turned to the view. A sculptural lighting fixture designed by Frank Gehry completes the elevators lobby lighting and give a sense of movement to all.  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados  Image Courtesy © Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados
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