Casa Flairs: Brutalist Concrete Volumes Organize a Flexible Office
Casa Flairs turns a warehouse in São Paulo, Brazil, into an office and event setting with a raw, direct character. Nati Minas & Studio, led here by Natalia Minas and Gabriela Mestriner, keeps the industrial shell in view and uses concrete, low lighting, and carefully placed volumes to shape a more intimate interior.
About Casa Flairs
Set within a warehouse, Casa Flairs takes on the brand’s black visual identity through a raw and direct material palette. The office in São Paulo, Brazil, is designed by Natalia Minas and Gabriela Mestriner of Nati Minas & Studio, and its atmosphere grows from the building it occupies.
The project keeps the roof structure exposed and uses the height of the room to temper the scale of the interior. Black-painted electrical tracks run lower than usual, pulling the light closer to the volumes and aligning the lighting system with the industrial setting.
Raw concrete shapes the built elements throughout the office. Those volumes organize the plan and give the room presence, so the interior feels ready for events without becoming empty or impersonal when fewer people are inside.
At the entrance, a sculptural volume sets up two tasting arrangements: one at chair height and another higher option suited to stools or standing use. Its making remains legible, with the molds left visible and the construction reading almost by hand.
Toward the back, the company’s office sits behind the more public front area, which is arranged for client tastings. The bar anchors that shift in use. It acts as a visual barrier that protects privacy for the office while still linking the two zones through a half-height concrete wall and a circular opening for glasses and bottles.
The counter itself takes a semicircular form, softening the relationship with the more expressive front volume. Along one side, a continuous bench with a planter adds vegetation to the otherwise hard palette and can also handle larger gatherings when needed.
A fruit tree at the entrance brings a living note into the warehouse setting and quietly points to the freshness of the drinks. Furniture selected with Quina Mobiliário, an antique dealer with a focus on pieces with character and history, adds another layer of texture. Upholstered pieces appear only where comfort calls for them, and the office now shifts easily between internal gatherings and external rentals.
Photography by Gabriela Mestriner
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