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Mercado Design / Tao Arquitetura

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Retail , Selected , , ,
 

Architect: Paulo Henrique Paranhos
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
Collaborators: Eder Alencar, Ana Carolina Vaz
Project year: 2005-2007
Constructed Area: 2,600 sqm
Structure: Yasser Vasconcelos
Installations: Promap
Photographs: Joana França, Tao Arquitetura and Telmo Ximenes


A neighborhood in constant changes where buildings are adapting their destination to commerce and service, this building shows a typology/language trough it’s volumetric and weightlessness, and harmony with its re qualified urbanism environment.

The Mercado Design’s project is born from de knowledge of the building following some concepts: a single building with slightness and permeability that provokes surprise, interest in that it can be revealed. It’s more a provocation to the first look then the explicit revelation in that it can be presented. It is not intended to sell the ” materialized” but talk about the motivations that leads persons to search for bigger values, with best quality for living.

We believe we have designed something that is not limited to palpable issues, but something that can suggest a greater perception.

 

8 comments »

Mary Hill says:

Very nice!

 
# March 12, 2009 at 15:01
odris says:

yeah very nice and elegant

 
# March 12, 2009 at 16:08
Martin says:

It´s a nice building, but “permeable”? It´s a closed box.

 
# March 12, 2009 at 18:08
Bo says:

U know, i like it!

2 Martin
Like Castel. Ideal for zombie-movie

 
# March 13, 2009 at 05:30
Franco says:

odris likes everything he sees.

 
# March 13, 2009 at 06:14
manick says:

good..!

 
# March 13, 2009 at 23:15
no made says:

fassade goes well with the logo
the fassade concept is also remarkble

 
# March 14, 2009 at 07:12
sullka says:

But what is it?….is it a showroom?, a warehouse?…..

 
# March 17, 2009 at 11:10

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