10 environments show the beauty of natural rocks

With veins highlighted in high-gloss slabs over large surfaces or applied in its raw form, this material brings texture and strength to designs.

stage effect

sitting with herringbone mortar2 x 10 x 40 cm slate slabs completely cover the rooms of the Seen restaurant in San Paolo. “In this project we have recovered materials often used in other times, such as slate, which covers the entire floor and goes up the walls”, explains the architect Vitor Penha, from Penha Studio. The paging with careful angulation was finished with a dry joint and the surfaces were resin-coated to facilitate maintenance.

crystalline surface

In this 27 m2 kitchen, the Taj Mahal quartzite worktop (Pedras Morumbi), with a white background and smooth veins, completes the 0.92 x 1.20 x 4.80 m worktop made of concrete and with part leaning on the ground, part balanced. “This Brazilian rock looks like a crystal and brings aesthetic and functional value – the resident asked for an ideal surface to open the pasta”, says the architect Giuliana Camargoauthor of the project alongside Karina Pinto. Neutral, the stone plays a beautiful game with blue tiles (a creation by Metro Arquitetos for Brasil Imperial).

rustic stand

The interior design of this house in Porto Feliz, SP followed the architecture signed by Arthur Casas. “We seek an integration of the exterior and interior by intensifying the brutalist aesthetic,” explains the architect Patricia Martinez, as regards the irregular stone-wood facade, also replicated in some rooms. With an average size of 35 x 40cm, the blocks (Casa das Pedras) were laid with a mixed mortar of white cement, sand and lime and 5cm rough mortar – forming a flat, non-infilled surface.

three-dimensional effect

To bring some texture and dribble the monotony into this living room, the the architect Karina Korn bet on a mosaic of black portuguese stone (10cm x 1.70m x 2.50m). for the laying of the material it was necessary to create a volume of plasterboard the height of the right foot, which would allow the stones to be laid evenly. ” To compose this mosaic it was not necessary to use mortar or grout because the stones are self-locking and stay with it 3d effect“, explains the architect.

tablet model

create a thermal atmosphere in this 12 m² bathroom, the architect Carlo Rossi he chose to clad two 2.5 x 3 m walls with 10 x 10 cm slabs of hitam (palimanan) stones, also suitable for saunas and submerged environments. “We wanted to give continuity to the tone of the rustic São Gabriel granite applied to the bench, so we chose this grayish volcanic stone,” he explains. Installed with adhesive mortar and dry grouting, they match the dark metal of the mirror and the glass.

crude and monolithic

A block of rustic granite (Pagliotto Pedras de Cantaria) forms the kitchen top created by Architects Suite for the show CASACOR São Paulo 2018. “It is a project with a strong link with nature and its organic and pure forms, which is why we chose this raw element, as if a rock were present in the space”, defines the architect Daniela Frugiueli. Measuring 1.20 x 1.20 x 4 m, a basin carved in stone and a polished top, the volume is the result of pieces inserted into a sturdy metal structure.

attraction in the room

Delimiting a section at the entrance to this house in São Paulo are the architects Marina Cardoso de Almeida and Sarah Bonanno, from the studio TRIA Architecturecovered 9 m² of inner wall with rough cut wood stone (Spanish Pedras) around a niche designed with metal plates. “The surface was plastered and the pieces laid with mortar from an external area, so that they fit together,” says Marina. The finish added muriatic acid wash and water repellent application.

veins in profusion

A structure composed of calacata paranà marble (Mont Blanc Mármores) forms the dining table (0.76 x 1 x 1.91m) and extends into the kitchen, where it serves as a worktop (0.34 x 0.90 x 1m). The piece, which takes cut-to-length and glued glossy slabs from the marble factory, promotes continuity in the environment. “Only the side was anchored to the wall, the rest rests on the floor, stabilized by its own weight,” explains architect Marcel Casamassa, who designed the work with Silvia Almeida, from MIS Architecture and Interiors.

national jewel

The greenish tone of the amazonite enhances the partition that hides the shower area in this project by the architect Maicon Antoniolli for CASACOR São Paulo 2018, where the visual references of nature prevail. “I tried to use the colors and combinations that we find in landscapes,” she comments. The 0.87 x 1.20 m slabs of semi-precious rock (Antolini from Brazil) were stapled onto a metal structure and finished with brass fillets. The porcelain floor (Portobello) and the bathtub (Valllvé) define the sober air.

stone niche

A box of Indian black granite (Cosentino) of 0.92 x 2.40 x 2.90 m marks the space intended for the kitchen in this integrated environment of 75 m² designed by architects Flavia Gerab Tayar and Silvana Mattar, of the studio Kill Tayar. “It’s a noble finish that embraces the entire niche, surrounds the hood and embellishes the piece of furniture with a golden finish,” says Flavia. In the custom-polished slabs, the easy-to-maintain stone also appears on the top, laid with staples, plastic filler and grout.

Source: Terra

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