This São Paulo Home Was Designed to Create Memories

Original article posted at Architectural Digest by Monica Mendal.

There is a lot of pressure that comes with designing your first family home. It’s a place that promises to hold years of memories—from kids’ birthdays, to weekly family dinners, to summer soirées with close friends. For Brazilian jewelry and object designer, Bia Daidone, her own childhood memories of home were the driving force behind her vision for a perfect family space in São Paulo. “I wanted it to be pleasant, comforting, and an invitation to relax,” she says. “These are feelings that were familiar to me at my grandparents’ beach house in Ubatuba, São Paulo.” Working with architects Alexandra Kayat and Joana Pini from Mandarina Arquitetura, Bia’s goal was to design a home that would foster similar memories for her future family.