The Entre-Copas creates a synthesis between hospitality and the warmth of a domestic setting. The kitchen is reinterpreted through the 3 conceptual pillars that make up the theme “Sowing Dreams”, proposed by the decoration exhibition CASACOR 2025: ‘collective dreams’, ‘cooperative ecosystems’, and the ‘confluence of knowledge’.
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Entre-Copas | Casacor São Paulo 2025
Exhibition Interior Design (Built)
Firm
Armentano Arquitetura
Architect/Designer
João Armentano
Design Team
Armentano Arquitetura
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Country
Brazil
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©Rafael Renzo + Denilson Machado MCA
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https://armentano.arq.br
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We believe that dreaming is the driving force of architecture, a desire projected toward the future. We envision a shared aspiration that materializes through the creation of spaces that welcome, connect, and inspire – an architecture that, beyond shape and function, mobilizes affections and consciousness. Because dreaming of the future also means assuming responsibility for the present.
By evoking the memory of Parque da Água Branca, the venue for CASACOR, the project acknowledges the transformation of its meaning. If, in 1929, the park and its buildings were erected as symbols of São Paulo’s importance – with the Norman style of the constructions designed by Mário Whately taking Europe as a model and dreaming of Brazil’s inclusion among the so-called modern nations –, then in the 21st century, the park’s urban vitality, consolidated by its organic agriculture fair, subverts that hierarchy and updates the dream. This new desire projected into the future emerges as an awakening; an alternative in the face of contemporary climate challenges.
Grounded in sustainable production and collective organization, the exhibition and the park’s vibrant presence in the city reveal the ‘cooperative ecosystem’ that inspires this architecture.
The ‘confluence of knowledge’, the third pillar of the exhibition’s manifesto, is expressed in the spatial arrangement. Designed to highlight the surrounding treetops, Entre-Copas fosters a connection between the interior and nature landscape. The formal restraint of the construction elements emphasizes the openness that accommodates encounters, evoking a sense of belonging to a collective.
This is a space for reconnection between people, the city, and nature, where architecture and its context intertwine as part of a single dream. To realize it, we must bring it into consciousness and give it meaning: a synthesis rooted in the use of space and the sociability it generates – welcoming, cooking, and sharing experiences.
It is within the orbit of gathering, collaborative use, generosity, and plurality that our journey takes shape. We bring to awareness a ‘collective dream’, planting a seed of affection.
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The proposal consists of a single environment conceived as a social space for shared experiences. The diversity of uses is suggested through the variation of floor levels.
Access is via a ramp enclosed within a tunnel that gently rises 30 centimeters above the building’s main floor, leading visitors directly to the transversal axis of the project – the center of the veranda projecting toward the park –, a transition designed as a sensorial and symbolic path, that prepares body and gaze for the spatial experience.
Emerging from the tunnel, visitors can view Entre-Copas in its entirety, unobstructed. The perspective from the highest level allows the observation of the large, integrated space, framed by 9 metal-framed original windows, revealing the treetops as a vast dome.
A gentle 15 centimeters-slope leads to the intermediate level, which houses the bar and a living kitchen – the heart of the project. A linear countertop marks the longitudinal axis, extending parallel to the building’s main facade and bathed in natural light. In addition to organizing the visitor’s journey, the counter gives meaning to the space through its functionality. In the act of hosting and sharing a meal, It highlights generosity, care for others, and the potential for a more harmonious relationship with nature.
Finally, slightly recessed, the lower level accommodates a lounge area that connects to the terrace, where the landscaping incorporates an organic vegetable garden.
FACTSHEET
Year: 2025
Client: DECA
AARQ Team: João Armentano, Adriana Aguiar, Fernanda Ajzen, Fernanda Bratti, Julia Armentano, Maira Pansonato, Marcello Monte Mor, Marcia Kamei, Mateus Alves, Natália Farina, Rafael Palombo, Rebeca Martins, Victor Panucci, Vinicius Braun e Vinicius Sasaki
Contractor: Allora Construtora
Automation: Cynthron Automação
Landscaping: Daniel Nunes Paisagismo
Lighting: Maneco Quinderé
Sustainability: Sustentech
Suppliers:
Arthur Decor, BRASTEMP, DECA, Castellato, Duratex, Fastframe, Hunter Douglas, Portinari, Tintas Coral, Hydrotech Madeiras; Latão Arte; Juliana Benfatti Antiguidades; Galeria Teo; Galeria Luciana Brito; Mariana Fogaça; Casual Interiores; Dpot Objeto; L’oeil; Pair; Quaker; Arte e Leitura; Firma Casa; ETEL; Herança Cultural; Marupá Móveis e Decorações; Orlean; Paschoal Ambrósio; Pedras Bellas Artes; Phenicia; Dan Galeria; Fas Iluminação; Galeria Nara Roesler; Mollo Furniture
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