Articles by Valeria Silva

The Jingyang Camphor Court creates a tranquil courtyard in the heart of Jingdezhen (Jiangxi province), a city historically well-known for its porcelain production. The site is located in a bustling part of the city and is characterized by the presence of ongoing industrial heritage renewal projects around it. The site featured industrial relics such as a long and narrow industrial building, a few mechanical rooms, a dormitory, and a dilapidated pavilion. In and around these structures, camphor trees had grown to maturity. The retention of these trees became the basic premise of the project.

Located in Matosinhos, Casa da Fonte Velha is the result of a careful approach to creating a contemporary family home that values coexistence. This project, designed for a young couple with three children, focuses on the harmony between living spaces and the ease of hosting friends and family.

Cala Blanca, is a 4 bedroom residential house located in a unique villa hotel known as “Biombo Secrets”. Located just 800m from the shore in Pererenan, Bali. This compound is a curated collection of villas that are available for everyone who wants to spend a holiday in Bali, plus the experience of staying in an architectural thought design. Other renowned villas, like Cala Bona Bali, Cala Blanca Bali, and Cala Terra Bali, are part of this compound.

In an irregular terrain in the city of Altos, a tree stands dominating the landscape, and it was its presence that determined the design of the walls that embraced it. Thus was born the “Squalo Essay.”

Baruthane was put into operation in 1700 as the fifth, largest, and most modern gunpowder factory in Ottoman Istanbul. The facility was renovated during the Selim the 3rd period and expanded with additions such as the Hünkar Mansion. Baruthane, which was transferred to the Military Factories Administration during the Republic period, was later given to the Machinery and Chemical Industry Corporation in 1955.

Located in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, the residence was designed with thermal and lighting comfort as priorities. The distribution of the spaces was determined by the needs of the clients and by the incidence of solar orientation on the terrain.