{"id":3618,"date":"2025-12-22T08:56:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2025-12-22T08:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:56:31","slug":"a-hybrid-habitat-by-guto-requena-gives-new-meaning-to-urban-jungle-in-sao-paolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3618","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018Hybrid Habitat\u2019 By Guto Requena Gives New Meaning to \u2018Urban Jungle\u2019 in S\u00e3o Paolo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hybrid-1.jpg\" alt=\"A \u2018Hybrid Habitat\u2019 By Guto Requena Gives New Meaning to \u2018Urban Jungle\u2019 in S\u00e3o Paolo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In S\u00e3o Paolo, a midcentury interior is reimagined into a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowtrace.com.au\/estudio-guto-requena-the-varanda-apartment-sao-paulo-sustainable-residential-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hybrid habitat<\/a>\u201d by architect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutorequena.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guto Requena<\/a>. The project, called \u201cApartamento Varanda,\u201d reimagines a modernist residence, originally constructed in 1962, with contemporary details that nod to its decades-old spirit while incorporating a particularly organic element in the form of lots and lots of plants.<\/p>\n<p>Draped from rafters or bespoke frameworks, Brazilian botanicals create a green oasis indoors. What Requena describes as a \u201ctrue urban forest\u201d is then complemented by a range of iconic furnishings from both modernist and contemporary eras. See more on the studio\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutorequena.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hybrid-7.jpg\" alt=\"An apartment interior designed by Guto Requena with an eclectic variety of contemporary furnishings and houseplants draping from rafters in the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-467302\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hybrid-4.jpg\" alt=\"An apartment kitchen designed by Guto Requena with houseplants draping from frameworks above the counters\" class=\"wp-image-467299\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hybrid-5.jpg\" alt=\"An apartment kitchen designed by Guto Requena with houseplants draping from frameworks above the counters\" class=\"wp-image-467300\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hybrid-8.jpg\" alt=\"An apartment interior designed by Guto Requena with an eclectic variety of contemporary furnishings and houseplants draping from rafters in the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-467303\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hybrid-10.jpg\" alt=\"An apartment interior designed by Guto Requena with an eclectic variety of contemporary furnishings and houseplants draping from rafters in the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-467294\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hybrid-9.jpg\" alt=\"An apartment interior designed by Guto Requena with an eclectic variety of contemporary furnishings and houseplants draping from rafters in the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-467295\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hybrid-3.jpg\" alt=\"An apartment interior designed by Guto Requena with an eclectic variety of contemporary furnishings and houseplants draping from rafters in the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-467298\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hybrid-6.jpg\" alt=\"An apartment interior designed by Guto Requena with an eclectic variety of contemporary furnishings and houseplants draping from rafters in the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-467301\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/12\/guto-requena-apartamento-varanda-sao-paolo-architecture\/\">A \u2018Hybrid Habitat\u2019 By Guto Requena Gives New Meaning to \u2018Urban Jungle\u2019 in S\u00e3o Paolo<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In S\u00e3o Paolo, a midcentury interior is reimagined into a \u201chybrid habitat\u201d by architect Guto Requena. The project, called \u201cApartamento Varanda,\u201d reimagines a modernist residence, originally constructed in 1962, with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}