Architecture

Located in Monte Mor, about 100 km from São Paulo and close to Campinas, this country house was designed and built from the ground up by the architectural firm DB Arquitetos, under the authorship of architect David Bastos, who has been serving the family for many years. With 922 m² of constructed area on a 3,177 m² plot, the property was conceived to convey a sense of freedom, integration with nature, and warmth, catering to the requests of a couple in their mid-40s to 50s and their three children.

A refined apartment where warm materials, soft lighting, and sculptural details create a space that lingers.

The intervention involves replacing the existing school building with a new Early Childhood Education Center that accommodates a nursery school (ages 0–3) and a kindergarten (ages 3–6). Although the two facilities maintain functional and organizational autonomy, they are conceived as parts of a single spatial and educational system in which visual relationships, shared spaces, and connecting elements foster dialogue among the different components of the complex.

in this guest essay, the architect, researcher, and curator of the 5th mugak/ biennial explores utopia as the ‘creative reaction that pushes us to imagine the impossible.’

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in this guest essay, the architect, researcher, and curator of the 5th mugak/ biennial explores utopia as the ‘creative reaction that pushes us to imagine the impossible.’

The post how the creative impulse of utopia improves the world – maria arana zubiate appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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