Cenourão Apartment / Orlando Denardi

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Text description provided by the architects. In the second half of 2021, architect Orlando Denardi and his husband, Arthur, found a nearly unique opportunity: the acquisition of a penthouse apartment in an iconic building in São Paulo's Pinheiros neighborhood, popularly known as the "Cenourão" (Big Carrot). Designed by architect Ary de Queiroz Barros and completed in the early 1980s, the building is recognized as one of the city's first developments dedicated exclusively to duplex apartments. For the couple, who had lived for nearly a decade in an apartment in the South Zone—also designed by the resident architect himself—the search for a new home was guided by a few essential premises. They were looking for a bright, well-lit space that would allow them to create a private oasis closely connected to natural elements like light, breeze, and vegetation.