The main idea developed itself centred in the need to extend the exhibition to the whole area of the space. Since the space was big, and the protagonists of the exhibition are small, we were drived to design an exhibition device that could be extended in the whole surface of the walls. This device draws itself in complex correlation of simple shapes forming a dance of departing and proximity.
The exhibition elements form a net of vertical and horizontal prisms built in steel MDF and Plexiglas, this later perform itself as a multitasking surface. If is horizontal and faced upwards, it is an area for the lodging of the eyeglasses, if it is vertical is the support of the classical nose hold, if it is horizontal and faced downwards it is a lamp.
The notion of movement is immersed in all the elements that compose the store, the desks for private consulting, the counters, the cabinets. They exist in a suspended movement state, similar to the wall exhibition support.
The notion of unity, and continuity are rooted in the design of the entire space. This notion of unity is achieved not only with the forms of the objects that produce a kind of mnemonic osmosis, but also with the materials, particularly the dark wood floor, that spreads itself in a state of absolute continuity.
SOUSASANTOS is a design team focused on the connection between the human environment and the cultural and technological context of our times.
We feel that every architectural scheme is multidisciplinary, and not related only with the conventional definition of architectural design. The design process must support a fluid mutual relation between architecture as an area of knowledge and other fields: economics, ecology, science, philosophy and technology.
Each design scheme is a unique system, a dynamic development that promotes the understanding of the world. Each design scheme starts a new investigation aimed to the optimal progression of the design process and the creation of the new proposal. Our focus is precise nevertheless our field of work is the broadest possible.
We develop every project with the human enthusiasm of creating things. Useful, big, beautiful, small things. Things that shape life. We add to every design the desire to reinvent the way these things are made.
Jorge Sousa Santos was born in 1971.Graduated from the Lusíada University of Lisbon in 1994. Designer at Manuel Tainha Office in Lisbon from 1994 to 1999. Master Degree in Contemporary Theory of Architecture at FAUTL (Technical University of Lisbon Faculty of Architecture) in 2002. Teaches Design Studio 3rd Grade in The Lusíada University of Lisbon from 1998. Visiting Teacher at the Architectural Association of London in June 2003. Currently develops the PhD in the Lusíada University of Lisbon.
