Details that stitch stories
We understand that sensitive choices are not resolved at the end of a project. They exist from the beginning. Each choice carries the power of a narrative.
The doorknob that feels heavy in the hand. The light fixture that integrates into the panel. The cut of the wood that subtly repeats in other furniture. It is these decisions
(sometimes minimal) that make the space belong to those who inhabit it.
At every scale of the project, something is revealed.
The space that has already taken form and function now gains texture, gesture, and intimacy.
The scale we call the smallest is often the most intimate. It is here that the project reveals what it carries as unique. And it is at this moment that the finish becomes language, and the technique, expression.
"The appreciation for things being well tied together needs to be considered, in a dynamic way, from the outset: as one sews details into architectural scales, our priority changes as use reveals new demands, and the space begins to respond more accurately to the life it accommodates"
Roberta Alecrim
General Director
Designing is also sewing: art and technique, structure and surface, intention and execution. The smaller decisions; a trim, a fold, a union between materials are not accessories: they translate, with precision, the intangible value that drives the project. It is this movement that brings belonging to the space.
At the smallest scales, the project continues to be architecture. But now it is also presence, affection, closeness.
Sometimes it is necessary to invent new forms. At other times, through attentive listening, to bring to light those that silently reveal who will live in the space. Designing down to the detail is to accept that architecture does not end with form. It extends into use, contact, and repetition. It is at this level of precision that the project reveals another side of its identity.
