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While working on our projects, it's essential to build models, which we modify as we progress. Typical questions of composition and proportion can be thoroughly explored through these objects. In them, we discover a precise and valuable ally—cutting out a wall implies a certain violence, while glueing it suggests a compromise. Amid opportunities that fail to materialise, competitions lost, and projects that don't move forward, much of the work done is no more tangible than the models where they persist in some form. The model thus finds a reason to exist—the genuine promise of the reality that will never come to fruition.
A Swiss-Portuguese atelier that seeks to establish connections with nature, context, and the history of art and architecture. It was founded by Rui Filipe Pinto, who combines professional practice with teaching at ETH Zurich and the Department of Architecture at the University of Coimbra.
A Civil Engineer, researcher, and lecturer in Structural Design and Experimentation. He is the co-founder of the atelier Clanet&Brito, which develops projects in art, architecture, and structural engineering. He has contributed to projects such as the MAAT, Museu dos Coches, and Mudac.