TRIPTYQUE

A visit to the studio and Sao Paulo projects of new Franco-brazilian practice Triptyque. More information and photos will be published when I return to London.

23°S ARQUITETURA

I met with Luís Pompeo, one of 10 partners at the new architecture collective 23°S. Each partner brings different skills and interests - from architectural design to infrastructure and project delivery - and this is reflected in the diverse projects the practice is competing for. The first completed project is the refurbishment of a school building originally designed by João Batista Vilanova Artigas.

IGOR DE VETYEMY: CITY OF SEX

Igor de Vetyemy made headlines in Rio de Janeiro with his graduate project, Cidade do Sexo. His proposal for a sex centre in the middle of the city - with sex pods, museum, health clinics and offices - picked up media interest when he was called to city hall to present the project to the mayor.




CGI of Cidade do Sexo

GRUPO SP

Grupo SP is the office of Alvaro Puntoni, João Sodré and Jonathan Davies.
Model of recently completed house for Alvaro's brother, a historian and professor.
Model and CGI for a new apartment building for design-led Sao Paulo developers, Movimentoum.

The recent Casa em Carapicuíba, 2007, published in Japanese Numéro magazine...
... with top Brit supermodel, Agyness Deyn, on the cover. Go Aggy!

RODRIGO CERVINO

The best possible introduction to Sao Paulo, Brazil and South America's largest city, is a visit to the home of architect Rodrigo Cervino in Oscar Niemeyer's Edificio Copan, the largest structure built in Brazil with apparently the largest floor area of any residential building in the world.




Rodrigo's office is in the adjacent Edificio Itália, Sao Paulo's second tallest building.



Rodrigo's portfolio includes the recent Galeria Adriana Varejão at the Inhotim sculpture park.

GUILLERMO BANCHINI

Guillermo's home and office...


Aerial photos of farmland surrounding Rosario taken by Guillermo...
A new house designed by Guillermo in Kentucky Park

NICOLAS CAMPODONICO

Recent projects coming from Nicolás' studio include critically acclaimed residences in Uruguay and a new tower (model below) currently under construction in his hometown of Rosario.