projects emiliano rio de janeiro
diveBeach culture gets in a boost in Brazil
By Matt Dougherty Photography by Fernando Guerra
1. An infinity pool crowns the 12-story Emiliano Rio de Janeiro to reveal Copacabana Beach views.
2. Traditional cobogo bricks cover the hotel’s exterior, which can either open to the beachfront or be closed for privacy.
1 2 hospitalitydesign.com May 2018 247 5. Traditional and 6. Brazilian artist and modern Brazilian landscape architect furniture in green and Roberto Burle Marx’s natural tones, stone, and artistic mural defines leather mingle in the the reception area and lobby and bar area. informs much of the design scheme.
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3. A screen in the calming lobby seating area hints at the cobogo 5 brick-clad façade.
4. A ceiling light in the lobby refers to the shape of the city’s mountains, 6 while the bar counter is made from a single tree trunk that has been cut in half.
was hatched to bring nature inside while paying tribute to the region’s rich design history, most notably with the façade, which features cobogo bricks typical of 1950s and ’60s Brazilian architecture laid over the entire front of the building. The weatherproof panels can open guestrooms to beachfront views or be left closed to maintain privacy. “I wanted to create another reference 4 point to Atlântica Avenue,” the seafront promenade of the beach, Casas explains, “something that could dialogue with the Carioca architecture and the peculiar and exuberant nature of the city.” Of all the beach metropolises Miami firm developed the plans for the In the lobby, terrazzo floors, modern in the world, none seem to be as visually project before Studio Arthur Casas took Brazilian furniture, and walls covered in iconic as the Copacabana district of Rio de over during construction). Drawing on travertine marble and Brazilian freijo wood Janeiro in Brazil. To preserve its views, the Rio’s surroundings, including the sea and greet guests upon arrival. The driving local government prevents buildings near mountains, the latest Emiliano location force behind the warm, yet modern design the shore from exceeding a certain height, contrasts the brand’s sister city outpost in scheme, however, is a graphic mural done something Brazilian architect Arthur São Paulo, also the handiwork of Casas, in shades of green at reception gifted to Casas kept top of mind when designing the which opened in his hometown nearly two the hotel by Emiliano’s late owner Carlos 12-floor, 90-key Emiliano Rio de Janeiro decades ago. Alberto Filgueiras. Painted on fabric by alongside Oppenheim Architecture (the With this lush backdrop, the idea revered Brazilian artist and landscape
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Owner and Purchaser Gustavo Filgueiras Management Company Emiliano Hotel Architecture Firms Studio Arthur Casas, São Paulo, and Oppenheim Architecture + Design, Miami Architecture Project Team Arthur Casas, Cristiane Trolesi, Nara Telles, Felipe Bueno, Adriana Yin, Nara Rosetto, Raul Cano, and Lucas Takaoka Interior Design Firm Studio Arthur Casas Interior Design Project Team Arthur Casas, Victoria Chaves, Renata Adoni, Adriana Andugar, and Manuela Girardi Contractor and Engineering Sig Engenharia Landscape Renata Tilli Air Conditioning Ambient Air and Daikin Structural AS Brasil Electrical and Hydraulics AQ Projetos Foundations Paulo 8 Frederico Monteiro and AS Brasil Automation Luritec and Casa do Futuro Façade Clamon Woodwork Padrão Móveis Frames Hunter generous height,” he notes, with LED Douglas and N2 Projeto Carpet Avanti 9 lighting peeking through wooden curved square plates that cover the walls. Beyond, LOBBY overlapping plywood boards, coated with Furniture Sergio Rodrigues, Ricardo Fasanello, a freijo wood sheet, create a dynamic, Arquivo Vivo, Paola Lenti, and Casual Lamp amorphous elevator bank wall inspired by Casas Edições Brazilian artists and designers. RECEPTION To top it off, an infinity pool crowns Armchairs Lina Bo Bardi, Arquivo Vivo, and the rooftop, revealing Copacabana vistas; Paola Lenti Barstool Casual Roberto Burle Marx one floor down, guests will find the Painting Vertigo Grand lmp, Constance Guisset, 7 Santapele Spa, saunas, and a fitness center and Petit Friture overlooking the sea. Guestrooms speak to the hotel’s Brazilian modernist décor, with LIVING ROOM architect Roberto Burle Marx—who is touches, the bar counter is a tree trunk 7. LEDs emit a soft light green tones that pull from both Marx’s Furniture Sergio Rodrigues, Arquivo Vivo, and known for his celebrated pavement designs cut in half that sits “free from the wall from the wooden curved panel and the natural beauty of the nearby Eero Saarinen Cushions Sunbrella Table Plate square plates that and Concrete Base Jorge Zalszulpin and Arquivo of the Copacabana Beach promenade— and is supported by an iron structure envelop the walls of the Guanabara Bay, crafting a unified story Vivo Center Table Jader Almeida and L’Oeil Casas “loved the [piece], and from it, I embedded in the masonry,” he says, while intimate living room. that mixes midcentury with contemporary selected the colors we used in all the a light molding speaks to the shape of the designs from all over the world, which RESTAURANT environments,” he points out. The ground mountains inland from the beach and is all part of Casas’ design philosophy. “I Tables Arquivo Vivo and Oscar Niemeyer floor is also home to Emiliano restaurant, informed by Marx. appreciate the blend of periods,” he says. hd Outdoor Lamp Comlux Chairs Eero Saarinen, where an expansive vertical green wall In other spaces, the living room is Arquivo Vivo, Arthur Casas, Poliform, and wraps a seating alcove, replicating the reserved for quiet moments or small oppenoffice.com; arthurcasas.com; Casual Cushions Sunbrella local Atlantic Forest. For more natural meetings. “It is the only area that has emiliano.com.br
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