The concept project Synesthesia has a 196m² layout for a contemporary apartment in São Paulo, Brazil. It enhances spatial fluidity while preserving privacy. A clay-plastered core concentrates infrastructure and allows circular circulation. Two kitchens — one enclosed and functional, the other open and social — provide flexibility. Materials were chosen for their tactile and atmospheric qualities, enabling a multisensory experience that shapes the design.
Synesthesia explores the emotional and atmospheric potential of interior architecture. Rather than starting from shape or function, the project begins with sensory triggers — memories of landscapes, textures of earth, the gradient tones of sea meeting sand. These impressions guided both material selection and spatial articulation.
At the heart of the apartment lies a central core finished in clay plaster, evoking the constructive method of taipa and grounding the space in natural tactility. Around it, movement flows freely, dissolving traditional boundaries between rooms.
Lightness, transparency, and layered textures compose an environment where Brazilian and international design coexist fluidly. Art pieces punctuate the space, not as decoration, but as emotional anchors — extending the experience beyond sight into touch, rhythm, and memory. In Synesthesia, design becomes a silent composition of matter and meaning.
