Kaiserstrasse ساختمان مسکونی by Nicholas Alencar is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 جایزه برنزی A' Design Award in طراحی معماری، ساختمان و سازه Competition Category.
برنزمعماری· 2026
Kaiserstrasse ساختمان مسکونی
Client: Alencar
جایزه برنزی A' Design Award Winner in معماری Category
Verified Award Winner
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About Kaiserstrasse ساختمان مسکونی
کایزراشتراسه یک ساختمان مسکونی هفتواحدی در بلومنائو برزیل است که با تلفیق حریم خصوصی یک خانه با مزایای مسکن عمودی، زندگی شهری را بازتعریف میکند. هر آپارتمان تمامطبقه به تراسهای وسیع، استخرهای خصوصی و گلدانهای یکپارچه باز میشود و نما را به یک باغ عمودی تبدیل میکند. طبقه همکف باز، به تعامل با شهر دعوت میکند، در حالی که پشتبام مشترک، فضای تفریحی مشترک و چشماندازهای پانورامیک را ارائه میدهد و میان حریم خصوصی، اجتماع و پایداری تعادل برقرار میکند.
The Recognition
About the جایزه برنزی A' Design Award
Kaiserstrasse ساختمان مسکونی برنده جایزه برنزی A' Design Award است، شناختی بسیار معتبر که به طراحیهای برجستهای اعطا میشود که با خلاقیت، نبوغ و زیرکی متمایز میشوند. برندگان برنز مصنوعاتی بسیار ماهرانه و چشمگیر خلاقاند که تجربه گسترده، تخیل و ابتکار طراحان خود را تأیید میکنند. از Kaiserstrasse ساختمان مسکونی انتظار میرود شیئی بسیار ارجمند، ستوده و دوستداشتنی باشد که بهطور چشمگیری حرفهای و نوآورانه است. این طراحی برنده جایزه برنزی A' Design Award بهترین رویهها را در هنر، علم، طراحی و فناوری در خود جمع میکند و به سبب توجه به جزئیات برجسته است. Kaiserstrasse ساختمان مسکونی نیازها را زیبا برآورده میکند، به خواستهها دست میزند، احساسات را مجذوب میسازد و کنجکاوی را برمیانگیزد.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Kaiserstrasse is a seven-unit residential building that redefines urban housing by blending the privacy and richness of a house - verandas, courtyards, vegetation - with the advantages of vertical living. Each unit occupies a full floor, with private outdoor spaces and mature trees growing from the slabs. Located on a historic avenue once lined with villas, the building uses parametric design to create stepped, dynamic forms that maximize natural light and airflows.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Total built area: 4,973 square meters. The building rises with a stepped form, housing seven full-floor apartments with terraces, private pools, and integrated vegetation. Structure: cast-in-place reinforced concrete. Façade: floor-to-ceiling glazing with brise-soleils. Features include natural cross ventilation, smart irrigation, and communal rooftop amenities.
- Tags
- Residential, Building, Architecture, Brazil, Residential Building, Residential Architecture, Vertical Garden, Parametric Design, Adaptive Layout, Private Pools
- Production Technology
- The project was realized through cast-in-place reinforced concrete combined with integrated planters in the slabs. Parametric design tools guided solar and ventilation studies, ensuring environmental performance. Structural cores and minimized internal load-bearing walls enabled open, adaptable layouts. Local, durable materials with low embodied carbon were prioritized.
- Design Challenge
- The greatest challenge was reconciling strict setback regulations with the desire for generous terraces and openness. Instead of limiting the design, the rules shaped its sculpted form. Additional challenges included integrating mature trees into structural slabs, balancing privacy with community, and ensuring sustainability with local construction techniques.
- Research
- Applied architectural research focused on integrating house-like qualities into high-density housing. Objectives included maximizing light, ventilation, and biodiversity. Methods: solar studies, parametric modeling, and structural experimentation. Data came from environmental simulations and code interpretation. Results: adaptable layouts, reduced energy demand, and a façade as a living vertical garden. Insights highlight sustainable, community-oriented urban housing.
- Inspiration
- The project was inspired by the historic avenue once lined with villas, where gardens and verandas defined daily life. The motive was to reinterpret these qualities—privacy, openness, vegetation—within a vertical structure, blending the comfort of a private house with the convenience of urban apartment living. Strict setback regulations also shaped the building’s sculpted, stepped form.
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2020 in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, and was completed in March 2025. Located on Alameda Rio Branco, one of the city’s most historic avenues, the building embodies a contemporary reinterpretation of the street’s traditional villas while proposing a new vision for urban living.
- Operation Flow
- Each resident experiences the privacy of a house with the benefits of collective living. Apartments flow seamlessly from interior to large terraces and pools, creating indoor-outdoor living. The open ground floor reconnects the building with the city, while the shared rooftop offers leisure and gathering space, encouraging community interaction.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Leonardo Finotti, Kaiserstraße, 2025
Image #2: Leonardo Finotti, Kaiserstraße, 2025
Image #3: Leonardo Finotti, Kaiserstraße, 2025
Image #4: Leonardo Finotti, Kaiserstraße, 2025
Image #5: Leonardo Finotti, Kaiserstraße, 2025
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