jo-ao
architecture office
Candle & Square
CANDLE is a functional design object, in the form of an abstract geometric lighting sculpture, inspired by the fisherman’s frail light structures in Portuguese beaches. It has legs to sit in the ground, a trunk to stand high and arms to spread its light towards the surrounding space and its relative: the SQUARE.
SQUARE is an architectuural outdoor installation, in the form of an abstract geometric space, inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran” temporary military structures and the informal drying-of-clothes in terraces. The squared structure, built from big horizontally assembled canvases, is suspended over the grass through nearby-tree attachments.
Two competition entries for Budapest in collaboration with Csaba Budai.
Visualizations: João de Oliveira, Csaba Budai