The Atobá building is located on a 190.38 m² lot on João Lira Street, in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro. With a total built area of 990.88 m², the 24-meter-tall tower includes five stories, a ground floor, and a rooftop. The project makes the most of the narrow urban site, with functional layouts, cross ventilation, and natural lighting. The façade features aluminum cobogós custom-designed for the building, filtering light and ensuring privacy. The material and color palette was chosen to blend with the surroundings, enhancing the building’s integration into the urban landscape and offering architecture as art to the city.
The narrow lot became a line of force, and the line became a gesture. This is how the story of Atobá begins—a residential building in Leblon. The site’s physical constraint was transformed into a poetic and rational starting point: a symmetrical division that organizes, balances, and gives rhythm to the architecture. The result is a building where every detail responds to proportion, context, and time.
Inspired by the soft, atmospheric tones of an artwork chosen especially for the project, the building reflects elements like morning light, beach sand, and the city at dusk. These tones and textures appear on the façade, creating a subtle dialogue with the beachside neighborhood landscape. The garage gate features an art panel inspired by the Brazilian artist Daniel Senise, marking the entrance and blending art and architecture from the first glance.
Custom-design aluminium cobogós, traditional brazilian architetcure elements, reinforce this fusion of function and poetry. They filter light and views, adding privacy to the apartments while creating a dynamic play of solid and void on the façade—an extension of the artistic language that continues into the entrance area.
Atobá is the result of a sensitive response to the urban context, the scale of the neighborhood, and contemporary living needs. More than a building, it stands as a gesture of integration between matter, light, and sensibility.
