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The Serendipitous Model

The model of project Architectural Grafts was done in November 2009 for the 8th Sao Paulo Biennial (see post “Vazio S/A at Sao Paulo Biennial” below, and ‘projects’ section at the website www.vazio.com.br). The trunks of the model were made from the remains of the pruning of a hierba mala (Euphorbia cotinifolia L.), a bush [...]

Vazio S/A in São Paulo Architecture Biennial

The photos of the residential building ‘285 Montevideo’ and the garden ‘Architectural Grafts’ shown below (both very different from each other!) are the models that we have been exhibited during the 8th São Paulo Architectural Biennial. The exhibit is on show until December 6.

Architectural Grafts (or Prosthesis Garden) II

The project Architectural Grafts (see ‘projects’ on Vazio S/A website) goes on with new green-magenta investigations. The photo below is a mango tree pierced by six threaded bars. Architectural Grafts I was awarded in the international contest Private Plots & Public Spots (Austria), and explores “resistances and resignations, frictions and attractions”  between nature and city.  

Architectural [...]