The Voice of Materiality / Dosa Studio

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Within the framework of Gallery Weekend, which took place from September 20 to 23, Dosa Studio presented an installation at the joségarcía, mx gallery that represents a synthesis of the Casa Palmas project, located in Texcoco, State of Mexico.

In the heart of the Santa María La Ribera neighborhood, this installation—composed of two walls embracing a sunken space within the house where the gallery is located—decontextualizes the design gestures developed in Casa Palmas to shape a new space. This environment transports visitors to that original, 40-year-old home, which was transformed to improve its residents' quality of life through a spatial experience that weaves a close relationship with its context.

This installation, titled La Voz de la Materialidad, also represents an effort to share, re-evaluate, and experiment with the architectural and construction processes of Dosa Studio's practice. Like its predecessor, it is a space in constant pursuit of light, utilizing elements that direct and capture it with craft-like precision. This serves as a reminder of the essential role that small-scale projects play in architectural practice, allowing architects to question, rewrite, and reinvent the core principles guiding contemporary production. Ultimately, it communicates the specific intentions of new ways of seeing and making architecture through a sensory language.

We understand architecture as a series of multisensory experiences; it is about emphasizing elements that stimulate the senses. We refer to highlighting textures, sounds, smells, and visuals through architectural elements. Attempting to recreate a multisensory space in a 6x4m area is a simulation of what is intended to be conceived in future projects.
- Dosa Studio

Architects: Dosa Studio
Lead Architects: Raúl Medina, Sergio Sousa.
Collaborators: Gustavo Guadarrama, Paola Monreal
Gallery: Sabino 276, Santa Maria la Ribera, joségarcía ,mx Year: 2018
Photographer: Dane Alonso
Manufacturers: Novaceramic