Corpo Atelier . photos: © Frederico Martinho
Three concrete façades of three houses are set around a courtyard. Each façade displays a different arrangement of the same constructive principle: a wall of exposed concrete rises from the ground, then, at a certain moment, a metal grid emerges from the concrete to contain a variety of local stones stacked on top of each other, until finally, the grid contains nothing but air. Continue reading Corpo Atelier
Corpo Atelier . photos: © Frederico Martinho
The full whiteness of the of a small traditional house is interrupted by cuts that display natural materials. Continue reading Corpo Atelier
CORPO ATELIER . photos: © alexander bogorodskiy
Inside a white box of 7.6 x 3.9 x 2.55m, three differently configured yellow objects are individually placed. As an immediate consequence, one´s physical experience of the previously empty white box has been dramatically altered. The perception of one’s movement, of the box´s limits and of the position of the yellow objects is now inevitably intertwined. Continue reading Corpo Atelier
Corpo Atelier . drawings: © Corpo Atelier
Architectural anatomy, much like human anatomy, is a collage of different fundamental elements. There is a limited number of elements, each performing a specific function in the composition: structure and bones support the bodies, walls and skin create boundaries, windows and eyes, doors and mouth perforate the established boundary to allow the inside and the outside to communicate in different ways. While there are many similarities between these artificial and organic bodies, we can say the main difference is the possibility to expand their potential. By not being physiologically restricted to a biological law of development, architectural elements are an open field for perpetual experimentation. Continue reading Corpo Atelier
Corpo Atelier . photos: © Ricardo Oliveira Alves
Empty plots of similar shapes and sizes are aligned along a golf course, setting a frame for new urbanization of detached houses. Nothing was built. Due to the degree of uncertainty regarding future constructions, the house becomes introverted. Continue reading Corpo Atelier
