Solo Arquitetos Offices | Solo Arquitetos

What makes an 'architecture office' an 'architecture office', spatially?

In our case, the construction of our space results from several conditioning factors and
pleasant coincidences. We did not made a detailed and delimited project for the office,
it is the result of a process, a story, and personal reflection of six young architects.

Wang Shu once said: "to me architecture is spontaneous for the simple reason that
architecture is a matter of everyday life. When I say that I build a ‘house’ instead of a
‘building’, I am thinking of something that is closer to life, everyday life". In that sense,
yes, our office is also our home.

The room is covered with original imbuia parquets, yellow window frames and brick
walls painted in white. The main openings are oriented in the south-southeast
direction, opened to the street and permeated by a tree-level balcony with direct
relationship with the climate and urban dynamics of Downtown Curitiba.

Workspaces and meeting room focus on the structural modules next to the windows,
adjacent to living, storage, models workshop, balcony and bathrooms. We did not
propose any kind of skin between the main spaces to propose a wide and free work
atmosphere. Even the meeting room is segregated by a dividing and glazed shelf,
promoting visual communication between spaces.