Lina Apartment by Alencar
Lina Apartment sits in Blumenau, Brazil, where Alencar reimagines a 1980s apartment without losing its original character. Arched doors, high ceilings, and organic lines meet a renewed interior anchored by Brazilian modernist pieces and a convivial kitchen. The project preserves the bones while shifting the home’s daily rhythm toward gathering and light.
Morning spills through arched doorways and climbs the high ceilings. Original curves guide the eye toward rooms that feel open yet grounded by material heft and memory.
This is an apartment in Blumenau by Alencar, tuned to preserve its 1980s character while refreshing how it lives today. The work keeps the original essence—arches, height, organic lines—and layers in Brazilian modernist furniture and tactile materials. The palette carries the story forward, piece by piece.
Honor The Bones
Original arched doors set the pace, softening thresholds and lending rhythm to circulation. High ceilings breathe, giving everyday routines a calm backdrop and a sense of proportion. Organic lines from the 1980s remain visible, a steady counterpoint to newer insertions. Nothing shouts; the architecture holds steady.
Curate Brazilian Icons
A measured collection of mid-century Brazilian pieces grounds the home in craft and lineage. Modernist profiles sit low and generous, inviting conversation and pause. The prized Mole Sofa brings relaxed heft and a tactile welcome, its presence tying together vintage finds and contemporary edits. Every piece carries a story, and that narrative builds room by room.
Open The Kitchen
Previously enclosed, the kitchen opens to daylight and easy movement. A central island becomes the working heart and the social hinge—prep on one side, friends on the other. The shift pulls gatherings inward, turning cooking into a shared act and extending mealtime into the evening. It feels natural, not staged.
Layer Tactile Materials
Wood flooring sets a warm undernote, steady from entry to living room. Linen and leather add soft and smooth counterpoints, absorbing light and touch in different ways (a quiet luxury). Lush greenery cools the palette and pulls nature indoors, easing transitions between rooms. Fixed partitions give way to freestanding pieces that keep sightlines long and circulation loose.
Allow Flexibility
Without heavy panels, furniture does the planning, shifting with hosts, seasons, and guests. Arrangement—more than construction—sets boundaries and cues use. The result maintains continuity for daily life while allowing moments to gather, read, and linger. It moves easily, then settles.
By late afternoon, shadows trace the arches and gather on the wood. Materials age in view, and the collected objects hold their quiet chorus. The apartment stays true to its past and open to company—light, friends, and time.
Photography by Eduardo Macarios
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