Palimpsest no. 2 – Announcements This work references elements of the physical landscape that no longer exist. Street names that have been silenced and overshadowed by other, meaningless names. Three streets are mentioned: Rua dos Lordes, Rua do Bloco Médico, and Rua da Creche. The trio points to three places of former social significance in […]
At the end of 2025, I completed an artist residency at the Museu Bispo do Rosário de Arte Contemporânea in Rio de Janeiro, where I developed the series Palimpsesto. The body of work consists of three site-specific installations, a banner, photography, and video performance, with the installation presented here serving as the project’s starting point.
The core premise of Palimpsesto was to create interventions that referenced the past of the Colônia Juliano Moreira neighborhood, aiming to rewrite the past over the layers of the present. The work materialized in the construction of a bus stop for a line that no longer circulates in the area. The structure, featuring a minimalist aesthetic, is based on a primary system of two “X” shapes, designed to optimize resource usage.
All materials were salvaged from disposal sites and scrap yards. Due to the unpredictability of material availability and quantity, I developed a design that required fewer resources than conventional public equipment. The execution process spanned three months and was carried out entirely independently, covering everything from theoretical and logistical conception to the cutting of parts, assembly, and final on-site installation.
At the end of 2025, I completed an artist residency at the Museu Bispo do Rosário de Arte Contemporânea in Rio de Janeiro, where I developed the series Palimpsesto. The body of work consists of three site-specific installations, a banner, photography, and video performance, with the installation presented here serving as the project’s starting point.
The core premise of Palimpsesto was to create interventions that referenced the past of the Colônia Juliano Moreira neighborhood, aiming to rewrite the past over the layers of the present. The work materialized in the construction of a bus stop for a line that no longer circulates in the area. The structure, featuring a minimalist aesthetic, is based on a primary system of two “X” shapes, designed to optimize resource usage.
All materials were salvaged from disposal sites and scrap yards. Due to the unpredictability of material availability and quantity, I developed a design that required fewer resources than conventional public equipment. The execution process spanned three months and was carried out entirely independently, covering everything from theoretical and logistical conception to the cutting of parts, assembly, and final on-site installation.
Furniture for Solano Trindade 2024, Brazil Developed for Solano Trindade Housing Occupation COLLOC 24 Workshop, TU-Berlin + FAU.UFRJ-Rio Furniture for Solano Trindade 2024, Brazil Developed for Solano Trindade Housing Occupation COLLOC 24 Workshop, TU-Berlin + FAU.UFRJ-Rio
6-Blocks Bench 2024, Brazil Architecture and Urban Planning – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 6-Blocks Bench 2024, Brazil Architecture and Urban Planning – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Brechic Brechic was a store opened in 2021. The project was located very close to a community waste disposal zone. Taking advantage of this opportunity, several discarded materials were reused in the project as a way to lower the coasts of the construction. Treated pallets and slats, beer cans to create lighting rails, market crates