ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2016
Architecture firm focused on the user experience in the built environment
Created in 2006, through the partnership of the architects Jacksson Depoli and Michelle Schneider, the firm is based on the creation of the best architectural solution combined to the satisfaction of its customers, valuing good architecture. Over the years, the firm has transformed. In 2013, the architect Vivian Brune and the engineer Jeferson Oliveira joined the team, and therewith, a decision was taken that changed the initial operation of the firm and work process logic: the organization branched out into four sectors – architectural design, interior design, engineering and construction management. With this format the firm got completed, being able tomeet better the expectations of the local market. In order to manage this multidisciplinary work, Arqbox sought to form a team that is constantly updated within new systems and technology tools in construction and architecture. The firm has selected the BIM system technology, a tool with clear growth in the international market, which gives a greater support to the expectations of offering a good final product.
We see architecture as the end result of a whole process of design and execution, from the initial concept studies to the building materialization. This work method is continually under development. Besides the essential principles of architecture, such as urban context, function (utilitas), structure (firmitas), spatial quality and aesthetics (venustas), Arqbox combines knowledge about sustainability and other digital tools for environmental studies to add value to the projects. This implies in innovative projects, well-designed and that certainly will better support a better construction. Arqbox values the use of current resources in design and technology. The idea is to conceive a project that lasts, a timeless project. We know the difficulties and expectations set at the beginning of a project, and for this reason we respect and immerse ourselves in the creative process, aiming satisfaction and economy on construction and maintenance. We combined all design services in a single firm to achieve maximum efficiency, that is, to deliver a 100% complete and correct project, avoiding failures during the work progress.
PROCESS 1st PHASE
2nd PHASE
3rd PHASE
4th PHASE
5th PHASE
RESEARCH
CONCEPTION
VIABILITY
CONCLUSION
EXECUTION
1. Discovery
1. Brainstorm
1. Design development
2. Joint design
2. Energy efficiency analysis
1. Executive project development
1. Mounting
2. References 3. Overview
3. Preliminary design study revelation
3. Legalization of the legal project
2. Project compatibility 3. Executive project detailing
3. Construction
4. Modifications in the preliminary design study
4. Technical project development
4. Documentation Notebook
Clients:
2. Inspection Management 4. Incorporation
SESI ANNEX| 8-13
MMM HOUSE | 14-19
DI.VER.CIDADE | 20-25
BAUHAUS DESSAU | 26-31
CRS CLINIC| 32-37
JJO HOUSE| 38-43
P R O J E CT
CURITIBANO CLUB| 44-49
BAX HOUSE| 56-61
PIAZZA DUOMO RESIDENCE| 50-55
GOLF CLUB| 62-67
WATERFRONT PARK| 68-73
BUS TERMINAL | 74-79
BOX HOUSE| 80-85
SENAI CENTER| 86-91
INDUSTRY HOUSE ANNEX | SESI
Annex “Industry House” SESI Curitiba | Brazil | 2016 Institutional
Design project for an annex building to the historical “Industry House – HeitorStockler”, building of the late nineteenth century, in downtown Curitiba. This building functions as support for the SESI institutional activities and includes an administrative sector that fosters and supports exhibitions and presentations related to the Parana’s culture. The building is proposed in three levels, with an auditorium area, a café, an administrative area and an observation deck. The construction system of “wood-frame” merges to the coating, making possible to the user to have contact with the wood throughout the interior of the building, which refers to the historic buildings of Parana. The modular frame structure is visible in the apertures and on the staircase. The building works with the sensorial and constructive memory of historic buildings. The façade proposed is a ventilated system, in which the external walls are lined with fiber cement boards in a composition that highlights the vertical axes and that demarcates the two upper levels of the building.
Type: Institutional Intervention: Annex Building Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Area: 4,844.00 sq ft Status: In progress FIEP
Historic Building
Courtyard Entrance Annex SESI
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Observation deck
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Ground floor
Basement
MMM HOUSE
MMM House Curitiba | Brazil | 2016 Single-family House
Single-family residence, located in Curitiba, configured in a main ground level floor where all the program of the house is distributed, and a lower floor for the service and support areas. The building divides the plot in two gardens: one public with free access to other residents of the condominium, and another one private, limited to the owner access. The existing conditions of a native forest and a drainage strip limit the area for implementation and expansion of the construction. The building has a form to provide a generous connection between the internal and external environment. The linear shape benefits from the large plot of land, turning the front faรงade to the existing forest and the rear faรงade to a private garden, equipped with a wooden deck and a swimming pool. A concrete plan demarcates the entrance and extends itself towards the interior hallway and living room. The interior space of kitchen, living and dining room is integrated, being able to format either a large single room, or four distinct and autonomous environments.
Type: Single-family ouse Intervention: New Construction Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Area: 4,630.00 sq ft Status: In progress
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Basement
Ground floor
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Longitudinal Section
DI.VER.CIDADE | URBAN DESIGN
Di. Ver. Cidade Curitiba | Brazil | 2015 Cooperative Urban Design
Project developed in cooperation with twenty-eight architectural firms from Curitiba, organized by the Municipality. The design argument is based on the current situation of Augusto Stellfeld Street, located between the Downtown, SĂŁo Francisco, MercĂŞs and Bigorrilho neighborhoods. The street is an important connection axis between the central area and other commercial and residential neighborhoods; fact that results in high flow of cars and public transportation. The use of the street by pedestrians is sporadic and, when it happens, is temporary. The lack of commercial activity, insecurity and the high flow of cars demotivate the pedestrian use of the Augusto Stellfeld Street. In order to reverse this situation and taking the project DI.VER.CIDADE as a starting point, the core of this project is the occupation of the street by people. The design is inspired by the statement of Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), which defends that streets and sidewalks are vital parts of the city, where all integration and society coexistence happens.
Type: Urbain Design and Landscape Design Intervention: New construction Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Surface: 31,000.00 sq ft Status: Project
Street Detail
Street Section
Ground Module
COMPETITION BAUHAUS DESSAU MÚSEUM
Bauhaus Dessau Museum Dessau | Germany | 2015 Architectural Competition
A single prismatic shape sets up the proposal for the headquarters building of the Dessau Bauhaus Museum. With simplicity on its exterior, but dynamism in its interior, the building with oblique faces comports three floors. Considering that the building is located in an historic area of the city of Dessau, the building was shaped according to the local context conditions. The design principles respected the visibility of adjacent buildings and the existing pathways within the municipal park. The position of the building tried to preserve the view of the Mautpost from the street Kavalierstrasse and the view of the RathausCentera from the street Friedrichstrasse. The formal solution resulted on a bar shape with a small angle break and elevated extremities that allow circulation and visual integration. Through this action, it was possible to staircases along the ascending floors: one connecting the permanent expositions and other the temporary expositions. An underground passage allows the flow of pedestrians from the street Kavalierstrasse to the park and to the events room, located in the basement.
Type: Architectural Competition Intervention: New construction Location: Saxon, Dessau, Germany Area: 29,750.00 sq ft
Site plan
Longitudinal Section
Shape Diagram
Transversal Section
Basement
Ground floor
Upper floor
West Elevation
Structure Diagram
North Elevation
CRS CLINIC
CRS Clinic Pato Branco | Brazil | 2014 Health Building | Radiology Clinic
Project for a Center for Image Diagnostic, characterized by a clear design language and the use of natural lighting at strategic points. It is a design for a health facility that has natural lighting as its base concept. The access hall is marked by a double height ceiling and indirect lighting through an oblique ceiling, which creates a visual effect of spatial amplitude. On the upper floor the proposal sets a courtyard where the staff can enjoy the open space and garden, and that also provides natural lighting and ventilation. The program includes the possibility to expand for a magnetic resonance room, which is planned to be built on the rear of the building. Organized in a clear and visual way, the property has a large hall to support both implementation phases, connected to internal rooms, an administrative area, rest and living rooms that maintain the quality of the staff and user’s daily lives.
Type: Health Building Intervention: New construction Location: Ave. Brasil, Pato Branco, Parana Area: 9,690.00 sq ft Status: In Progress
Site plan
Longinal Section
Transversal Section
Expansion Upper floor Groun floor Parking Topography
Ground floor
Upper floor
North Elevation
Faรงade
JJO HOUSE
JJO House Curitiba | Brazil | 2014 Single-family House
Residence characterized by its implementation in two volumes separated by a garden. The main goal of the project was to establish a good communication with the existing forest, in order to give the users the feeling of being immerse in a native forest, even from the interior space. In the first volume is located the garage, a room for a small workshop and the walkway for the barbecue area and observation deck on the top of the second volume. The access staircase and lower walkway leads to the central floor, which concentrates the social areas of the kitchen and living room in a single integrated room. The lower floor houses private spaces, as the master bedroom and its support area, as well as the service space of the laundry. The tectonic solution is characterized by concrete exposed walls and large openings to allow direct eye contact with the existing forest.
Type: Single-family House Intervention: New construction Location: Cascatinha, Curitiba, Parana Area: 3,015.00 sq st Status: In progress
Site plan
Entrance
Longinal Section
Ground floor
Transversal Section
CURITIBANO CLUB
Curitibano Club Curitiba | Brazil | 2014 Winning Proposal - Architectural Competition
Winning proposal for a closed competition, which was attended by twenty-four architectural firms from Curitiba. The Curitibano Club is the most traditional club of the state of Paranรก, reason for arising interest throughout the state. Situated in a plot with several limiting conditions, this project was a challenge since its beginning. The building concept combines the sports and leisure routine to the visual appreciation of its surrounding environment, a large native forest. A second skin makes the building enclosure, in a textile faรงade system that protects its interior spaces from direct sunlight on its East/West faces, while maintaining the visual permeability to the outside. This project is a promising work in regards to technological innovation in construction in Curitiba
Type: Sport and Social Club Intervention: New Construction Location: Jacarezinho Street, Curitiba Area: 109,795.00 sq ft Status: In progress
Site plan
Faรงade Detail
Floor Diagram
Ground floor
Longitudinal Section
Second floor
Third floor
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Fourth floor
PIAZZA DUOMO RESIDENCE
Piazza Duomo Residence Curitiba | Brazil | 2014 Residential Building
A case of success, this was the first mid-sized project developed entirely in BIM system by Arqbox. This is a residential building for small families, couples or single people, and consists of 18 studios and two-bedroom apartments. The BIM projects were vital to make possible the compatibility of Architecture, Engineering and Design sectors, each with its specific features, but within a same data structure. This enabled a greater consistency of design and pilot tests of 4D, 5D studies as well as energy performance analysis. We say that it is a great success story, because through this project we could see, during its construction, the positive points of the using an integrated project system and notice possible future improvements.
Type: Residential Building Intervention: New Construction Location: Paranagua street, Curitiba Area: 15,070.00 sq ft Status: Completed Date: 2016
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BAX HOUSE
BAX House Curitiba | Brazil | 2014 Silgle-family House | Interior Design | Landscape
Single-family residence located in a gated community, amidst a natural landscape marked by a native forest and several pines. The project’s goal was to promote good internal spatial quality, with a strong connection to its surrounding, even when dealing with a compact plot area. The initial concept aimed to create a remarkable volume for the condominium where the project would be implemented. The formal solution stands out by the large upper white volume, mainly closed on the front. The thin horizontal opening of the main façade was chosen due to its South orientation, which provides indirect lighting to the bedroom and to the master bathroom. Moreover, the almost completely closed gable creates a relationship with the internal street of the condominium. The two-floor building has its social and service areas on the ground floor and private areas on the upper floor. This floor has an open courtyard that extends the family room to the external space and provides natural lighting and ventilation. The house is equipped with a thermo-acoustic insulation system composed by insulated glass windows and rock wool insulation on planes with greatest thermal exchange. Type: Single-family House Intervention: New Construction Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Area: 3,445.00 sq ft Status: In Progress
Faรงade
Site plan
Transversal Section
Ground floor
Upper floor
COLINAS GOLF CLUB
Colinas Golf Club Cascavel | Brazil | 2014 Architectural Competition
Project for a closed competition. The Colinas Golf Residence is a residential condominium equipped with areas for teaching and practicing Golf. The project’s goal was to create a pavilion that would bring together all social and recreational activities of the condominium, as well as the whole structure of a Golf club. The club users are people interested in Golf and that seek to transfer this tradition through generations. Besides its recreational function, the club also aims to promote social welfare and to expand the social network, with a restaurant space, bar and event areas that are connected to swimming pools, squash and tennis courts, a gym and other activities. The conceptual reflection of this work is aboutspace flexibility, making that any space could be modified and adapted over time. All the functions were integrated into a building that communicates in a subtle way with its surroundings, without creating a contrast. The horizontal prism, with a “T” plan shape,comprises in each of its axes different function for the golf club and condo recreation. The building dialogues directly with the Golf course, allowing views to the extensive green field, which is composed by small elevations, sandboxes and a lake as the protagonist of the landscape. Type: Social Golf Club Intervention: New Construction Location: Cascavel, Parana, Brazil Area: 12,917.00 sq ft
Diagram
Circulation Diagram
Site plan
Outdoor Program
Outdoor Circulations
Ground floor
Layers Diagram
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Interior Circulation
WATERFRONT PARK
Waterfront Park Salto del Guaira | Paraguay | 2013 Urban Equipment | Urban Plan | Landscape Plan The Waterfront Park, Parque Costanera in Spanish, is the largest project developed by Arqbox, situated in the region of the “Sete Quedas” (Seven Waterfalls), on the Paraguayan border with Brazil. The main concept was to rescue the memory of the waterfall – natural beauty that disappeared after the construction of the Itaipu Hydroelectric in 1982. This is a large project that consists on the design of the urban landscape and small buildings distributed along the park. The park program includes an events plaza, amphitheater, skating ring, playground, kiosks for barbecue, restaurants, a memorial for the seven waterfalls, a suspension bridge and an area for arrivals of small boats – everything in the midst of the natural beauty of the Parana River. This is a project with great potential for transforming the city of Salto del Guairá, in Paraguay, which will add touristic value to the city through its natural features and events. It will possible encourage a great relationship between the residents and tourists, allowing trips, leisure activities for families, sports activities, contemplation of nature and to rescue the memory of the great beauty that one day was there. The memorial building has an installation that refers to the waterfall, in a smaller scale, to strengthen the conscious of maintaining a good relationship between man and nature. Type: Urban Park Intervention: New Construction Location: Salto del Guaira, Paraguay Area: 188,369.00 sq ft Status: In Progress
Site plan
Light Design
Module A park
Module B park
Boat Entrance Ramp Section
Suspended Bridge
SALTO DEL GUAIRA BUS TERMINAL
Salto del Guaira Bus Terminal Salto del Guaira | Paraguay | 2013 Transport Building
Bus terminal designed to support the local public and the growing number of tourists in the city of Salto del Guairá, in Paraguay. The project also predicted a possible increase on the inhabitant’s number. The terminal is a simple design, in regards to its volumetric aspect, characterized by a rectangular building with a large flat metal roof, which houses eight independent functional modules. These modules, made of exposed concrete walls, hold the functions of bus transport company’s shops, restrooms and snack bars. The project was developed in BIM technology, so it was possible to have a complete compatibility of the architectural design with other complementary projects – electrical, hydraulic, structural and fire prevention. The project also went through thermal performance analysis, with the study of local climatic conditions, as prevailing winds, external and internal temperature, study of the solar chart and direct solar incidence on façades and roof, in order to create a comfortable bio climate within the building.
Type: Trasport Building Bus Terminal Intervention: New Construction Location: Salto del Guaira, Paraguay Area: 30,670.00 sq ft Status: Completed Date: 2014
Site plan
Ground floor
Transversal Section Bus Stop Detail
Longitudinal Section
West Elevation
Faรงade
BOX HOUSE
Box House Curitiba | Brazil | 2013 Single-family House | Interior Design | Landscape
The inspiration in modern architecture was essential, although with considerations to the present moment and current technology available. At Box House, aspects of amplitude, clarity, integration and solidity were highlighted. The shape of the house turned out to be the result of the rectangular plan of the upper floor; a prism resting on support points. The separation of the upper “box” from the lower volume, with a glass stripe, gives a lightness aspect to the whole besides its functional purpose of bringing natural lighting to the interior space of the garage and the access staircase. To highlight the separation between the two volumes different coating materials were implemented on each of them: a bamboo panel on the ground floor volume that covers from the garage door to the entrance door, and a light gray color paint on the upper volume façade. On the upper volume sides, bamboo panels protect the openings of bedrooms and the private living room. This project was among the 20 most visited Brazilian works in 2015 at the prestigious Archidaily website, as well as published on the international archidaily.com website. Type: Single-family House Intervention: New Contruction Location: Green Village, São Brás, Curitiba Area: 3,445.00 sq ft Status: Completed Date: 2014
Site plan
East Elevation
Faรงade
Longitudinal Section
Ground floor
Upper floor
SENAI CENTER OF SUSTAINABILITY
SENAI Center of Sustainability Curitiba | Brazil | 2012 Institutional Building This building was one of the six projects recognized by the RCE Awards, held by United Nations University of Japan, on the category “Community Engagement Mobilizing Local Innovations for Sustainable Development” in 2014. The use of sustainable architecture solutions was required by the institution, as the building houses a research team on the topic of sustainability, considering the three fundaments of an efficient construction: environmental, economic and social aspects. The building was implemented within an open courtyard of the SENAI laboratories, at the Industrial Neighborhood of Curitiba. The construction should not affect the normal work at the SENAI laboratories around the implementation site, as well as be an example of the use of current technology for environmentally friendly construction and be economically feasible according to the available budget. The building was constructed using some high technology technics, which ensure greater durability, less maintenance and better thermo-acoustic comfort inside the building. The techniques used were ventilated façades with fiber-cement boards, larger openings to South orientation and smaller to North, a green roof, rainwater harvesting for reuse, intelligent automation, solar panels for energy production and a construction using “wood-frame” system, which ensures the reduction of solid waste. Type: Institutional Building Intervention: New Construction Location: CEEBJA CIC, Curitiba, Brazil Area: 1,938.00 sq ft Status: Completed Date: 2014
Site Plan
Faรงade
Ground floor
West Elevation
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Longitudinal Section
PROJECTS DEVELOPED I AROUND THE WORLD In Brazil
In other Countries
Curitiba Pato Branco Francisco Beltr찾o Cascavel S찾o Paulo Osasco Rio de Janeiro Paraty Campo Grande Florian처polis Blumenau Jaguar찾o Santo Angelo Joinville
Salto del Guaira Paraguay Milan Italy Dessau Germany Luanda Angola New Delhi India
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In 10 years of business, were developed around 7,319,459.08 square feets if the following typologies: 05 institutional buildings - 53,819.55 sq ft 17 commercial and residential buildings - 1,506,947.46 sq ft 42 residences - 80,729.33 sq ft 18 design competitions - 5,597,233.42 sq ft
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