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NEW/BUILT  HOW TO BUILD AN ISLAND

NEW THE FRAGMENTARY NATURE OF TRUTH

NEW  THE ECHO AND THE CIRCLE OF TIME

NEW/BUILDING  UNDER THE COMPRESSION OF LIGHT

NEW/BUILDING  THE INTERIOR GARDEN OF MEMORY

NEW/BUILT  FROM THE DEPTH OF SEA TO HEAVEN'S MOUTH

NEW THE METALLIC TASTE OF CLOUDS

NEW  VOYAGE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD 

   GRAVITY GRACE IS MY LIGHTNESS
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​ BUILDING ​THE SUDDEN STILLNESS OF LIGHT
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 ​THE HIDDEN MEANING OF NATURE

THE TRILOGY OF GARDENS

NON LINEAR HISTORY OF DREAMS

CREATION OF OPACITY

THEORY OF WINDS

THE MYTH & MOUNTAIN

VITREOUS BABEL

 BUILT FLIGHT OF BIRDS

CONCRETE SPIRAL OF HISTORY

  BUILT PORTABLE SPIRAL OF HISTORY

THE ELLIPSES OF MATTER

OPUS MAGMA

OPUS LUSA

MASK & THE MIRROR

INFINITE MOVEMENT

ARCH & ORCHID

 BUILT DOMUS IMPLUVIUM

MACHINA MUNDI

THE VEIL OF FAITH

BATHS AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

LABYRINTH & BUTTERFLY

THE SHELL OF TIME

 BUILT CHAPEL OF ETERNAL LIGHT

CHAPEL OF THE SUN

CHAPEL OF THE SKY

FLOATING CLOUD

HOUSE ON THEORY OF WINDS
House - Leiria, Portugal - 2011

Client - H.M. Veríssimo
Project Leader - Francesco Ugolotti  /  Collaborators - Isabel Ramos, Ariana Faustino, Fernando Ferrão
Photos - Marcos Oliveira

A plot of land, west of Leiria, is the end of a long channelled valley. The north wind hovers down upon the little wood onsite.
700 years ago, a Portuguese King ordered the massive plantation ofPine trees, now woods of Leiria, to prevent the total erosion by the wind of the poor lands.
200 years later the wood became boats and ships and vessels of the Portuguese discoveries around the oceans over the globe. The sailors carried maps with the 4 winds represented with faces of young angels blowing.
Jeff Wall work based on Hokusai painting "A sudden gush of wind", came to mind the moment we stepped on the land and the client mentioned the winds.
On site there’s a water line and two stone reservoirs. We channel water on three new ponds descending the natural platforms. Then the wind and light can revolve over the carved shelter, along the everchanging skies.