candela spa type: bamboo constructionrole: computational designer and bamboo buildercollaboration: Tacuara Diseño en Bambúlocation: San Jerónimo, Colombiayear: 2023 Tacuara Diseño en Bambú and the architect Luis Santiago Montoya Ramírez designed the candela spa project. My contribution came during the construction phase, redesigning the project in Grasshopper to improve the workflow on the construction site and providing hands-on support to the […]
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sou energy type: facaderole: computational designercollaboration: SUBdV Architecturelocation: Ceará, Brazilyear: 2021 The sou energy facade was developed at SUBdV Architecture. The goal was to generate an ornamental and efficient facade for a building in Ceará, Brazil. We worked with a sustainability team that gave us the optimal angles for each facade; that way, we could use this data as input […]
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organic benches
organic benches type: digital fabricationrole: computational designercollaboration: SUBdV Architecturelocation: Sao Paulo, Brazilyear: 2022 The organic benches were developed at SUBdV Architecture for an event in Sao Paulo. The event layout was designed by the architect Nathalie Bacellar, who left an area of 60 square meters for the benches. The pieces were developed in Grasshopper, from conception to execution. The advantage […]
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casa caiçara
casa caiçara type: architecturerole: architectural and computational designercollaboration: SUBdV Architecturelocation: Sao Paulo, Brazilyear: 2021 The casa caiçara was developed when I was working at SUBdV Architecture. Located about three hours from São Paulo, in Barra do Sahy, the site sits within the Atlantic Forest and has limited car access. Due to the challenges of material transportation and our goal of […]
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bamboo sphere
bamboo sphere type: bamboo installationrole: researcher in computational designercollaboration: SUBdV Architecturelocation: Sao Paulo, Brazilyear: 2020 The bamboo sphere was conducted with the architect Henrique Lattes Borçato as a trial study for the Architectural Association Visiting School in 2020. We recreated a sphere the artist Alison Grace Martin designed in the AA Visiting School 2019 workshop at SUBdV Architecture. To build […]
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mona counter
mona counter type: digital fabricationrole: computational designercollaboration: SUBdV Architecturelocation: Sao Paulo, Brazilyear: 2022 The mona counter was designed at SUBdV Architecture to match other fibreglass furniture built by Jeff Chicarelli in 2016. This project aimed to restore an existing MDF counter, keeping it as the structure and creating a fibreglass skin to fit onto it. We fabricated styrofoam moulds over which […]
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shared room
shared room type: interior and furniture designrole: architectcollaboration: SUBdV Architecturelocation: Sao Paulo, Brazilyear: 2020 Sleep, play, read, and share were the keywords used to conceptualize the shared room. The project was developed at SUBdV Architecture for a family looking for a versatile room for their kids that could function as a private, comfortable space and as a gathering environment. We […]
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bloom puzzle
bloom puzzle type: digital fabricationrole: computational designercollaboration: SUBdV Architecturelocation: Sao Paulo, Brazilyear: 2019 The bloom puzzle was developed at SUBdV Architecture to occupy the empty space of the raw plywood and laminated plywood sheets used to manufacture the Linha Bloom furniture. The puzzle is a gift for customers and can be assembled in different ways and quantities. design process fabrication […]
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jellyfish
jellyfish type: designing for well-being workshoprole: studentcollaboration: Digital Futureslocation: Sao Paulo, Brazilyear: 2020 The jellyfish was designed for Digital Futures 2020, and it is a very special project for me. It was developed during the pandemic year as an attempt to relive, abstractly, sensations that made me feel good before the lockdown. I believe water is linked to a form […]
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loop dome
loop dome type: master degree workshoprole: studentcollaboration: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunyalocation: Sant Cugat, Spainyear: 2018 The loop dome was developed in my Master’s in Parametric Design in Architecture at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. A design competition was held in which seven groups of students explored bending-active techniques to design a 6-meter diameter dome using a combination of experimental modelling and […]