Borgio Verezzi Residential Bulding by Alberto Torres is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category.
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Borgio Verezzi Residential Bulding
Client: Exacta Engenharia
Golden A' Design Award Winner in Architecture Category
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About Borgio Verezzi Residential Bulding
Borgio Verezzi is a residential building located in Caxias do Sul, in the south of Brazil. The building has twenty-two floors, with one apartment per floor. Each apartment offers 280 square meters of private area and four suites. The form is a vertical monolith with volumes removed at the corners, where large balconies are placed. The balconies are extended to improve the view and the sunlight on each floor. Ceramic tiles, granite, exposed concrete and double glazing are used on the facades. Energy efficiency and water saving solutions are also applied.
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About the Golden A' Design Award
Borgio Verezzi Residential Bulding is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Borgio Verezzi Residential Bulding is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Borgio Verezzi Residential Bulding creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
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Your innovative approach to balancing social interaction and privacy in Borgio Verezzi Residential Bulding has garnered significant recognition, including the Golden A' Design Award - could you elaborate on how the stretched corner balconies contribute to this delicate equilibrium?
The stretched corner balconies were a pivotal design feature in achieving a balance between social interaction and privacy. By extending the corners, we provided residents with expansive outdoor spaces that promote social interaction while still allowing for privacy. These balconies offer panoramic views without directly overlooking neighboring units, giving a sense of openness while respecting personal boundaries. The design also encourages connection with nature, bringing in sunlight and fresh air while minimizing any sense of exposure.
The Borgio Verezzi Residential Bulding showcases a striking monolithic design with strategically suppressed volumes - what inspired your decision to create these architectural voids, and how do they enhance both the aesthetic and functional aspects of the structure?
The monolithic design and suppressed volumes were driven by a desire to create a sense of permanence and solidity. We wanted to craft a building that feels integrated into the landscape and represents a bold but harmonious presence. The architectural voids were not just a stylistic choice—they are carefully positioned to create intimate courtyards, offer natural light to key spaces, and enhance airflow.
In developing Borgio Verezzi Residential Bulding for the Brazilian market, how did local cultural influences and climate considerations shape your choices in materials, particularly the integration of ceramic tiles, granites, and apparent concrete?
When designing for the Brazilian market, particularly in a region like Caxias do Sul, we took into account the local climate, which has cold winters and moderate summers, and cultural elements. We chose materials such as ceramic tiles, granite, and apparent concrete because they resonate with the local vernacular while offering functional benefits like durability and thermal insulation.
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- Unique Properties
- Volumetrically, the structure is constituted of an ample
vertical monolith with suppressed volumes at its corners,
where are located great balconies that end up diminishing the
volume. The balconies are pushed and stretched for better
viewing and sunlight of each plane. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The development consists of a residential building with
twenty-two floors, one apartment per floor. Totaling 280.00 square meters of private area in each apartment, all with four
suites. Social area with
more than 110.00 square meters consisting of an entrance hall, a
large living room, gourmet space and balcony. Site area are 1431,90 square meters and the Gross Area: 10.190,00 square meters. - Tags
- Borgio Verezzi, Borgio, Verezzi, Torres e Bello, Exacta Engenharia
- Production Technology
- In this building we cherish the quality of products and finishes. For that, ceramic tiles, granites, apparent concrete and double glasses were used in the facades and other areas.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge of this project was make a building that was no obvious product to be launched: all alternatives, to a greater or lesser degree, presented risks and opportunities. This configuration created a vital challenge to be overcome to distinguish itself from the existing market and the products offered by other companies.
- Research
- The building reflects a sober and contemporary architecture. The choice for a differentiated residential product has been a conviction of the developer and the architectural firm since its earliest studies. With this, arose the proposal of an authorial architecture that dialogue with the art and with plastic artists of the region. Surprise and daring in every detail, a custom product with originality, was the premise of this project.
- Inspiration
- The idea was to make a product that would serve the target audience of the building. People who open themselves to new proposals that value social interaction, are constantly seeking innovation and design value in all the products they consume.
- Project Duration
- The project it is located in Caxias do Sul, a town in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in the extreme south of Brazil. The project is currently under construction.
- Operation Flow
- The better result and perform pass by the idea of reduce the environmental impacts, and the building count with some solutions: Energy efficiency, conscious consuption of water, termoacustic confort, discharge correct and recycling.
- Team Members
- Architecture: Torres Arquitetos
Architecture Interior and lanscape design: Y Design
Constructor: Exacta Engenharia
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