Monobloco.

What if a wardrobe didn't have to be built into the wall?

Specifications
Year2026
TypeWardrobe
ClientMatheus Nogueira
WoodsCatuaba and peroba-mica
Dimensions110 (L) × 54 (W) × 196 (H) cm
EditionOne-off
ScopeDesign and making · Estúdio um+um
Monobloco, wardrobe in catuaba and peroba-mica
01 — The challenge

Giving a room
its freedom back.

The brief

Monobloco was born from a frustration: a bedroom that had lost its freedom because of built-in furniture.

02 — The process

From plank
to volume.

Workbench in the workshop, wood held in clamps
01
Panels

Catuaba planks and peroba-mica strips are glued side by side and pressed in clamps to form the sides of the volume.

Stage of the Monobloco construction process
02
Assembly

With the sides ready, the wardrobe carcass is assembled upright and squared while still under pressure.

Stage of the Monobloco construction process
03
Dovetails

The joints of the peroba-mica base are marked out and cut by hand, tail by tail, at the workbench.

Stage of the Monobloco construction process
04
Doors

The doors are frame-built, with catuaba boards set off by light strips, and fitted before finishing.

03 — Choice of woods

Two woods,
one volume.

Catuaba wood sample
Catuaba
Carcass and doors

Brown in tone with a striking grain: this is the wood that shapes the outside of the Monobloco — sides, top and doors.

ColourGreyish brown
Use in the pieceOuter carcass and doors
Peroba-mica wood sample
Peroba-mica
Base, drawers and strips

Lighter, it appears where the piece gets organised: in the dovetailed base, the inner drawers and the strips that mark the doors.

ColourLight yellow
Use in the pieceBase, drawers and strips
04 — Construction details

Where the volume
fits together.

Top corner of the doors, where catuaba and peroba-mica meet
Where the doors meet

At the top corner, the catuaba doors meet the top in a clean joint, while the peroba-mica strips give rhythm to the surface.

Dovetail joint on the peroba-mica base
Dovetailed base

The peroba-mica base is joined at the corners with exposed dovetails and hides the casters that let the volume move.

Inside the Monobloco, with hanging rail and drawers
Organised interior

Inside, a hanging rail and drawers in light wood: everything the room needed, gathered into a single volume.

05 — Final result

That idea gave
birth to the Monobloco.

A single volume in solid wood, built in catuaba and peroba-mica, resting on a base with hidden casters so it can move and take different positions in the room. Inside, it holds a hanging rail, three large drawers and a shoe drawer, bringing different needs together in one volume. Dimensions: 110 (L) × 54 (W) × 196 (H) cm.

Monobloco, full view of the closed volume

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