Architect Fernando Brandão expresses the true discomfort: the virus that circulates among us, represented by the polychromatic elephant.
Updated at Jan 10, 2021, 6:26 PM - Submitted at Jan 11, 2021, 8:00 AM
(Salvador Cordaro/)
Forget the idea of a white elephant in the middle of the room. In the space named ETC , by architect Fernando Brandão for Janelas CASACOR, São Paulo edition , he presents the real nuisance: the virus that circulates among us, represented by the colorful elephant graffitied by the artist. plastic Carlos Matuck.
Green, yellow, blue, red and black are the colors that make up the palette. A polychromatic environment, capable of stimulating different emotions, ideal for home office, leisure or better, ETC (among other things). “When people became confined, They started to pay more attention to the house. And the home office incorporated the necessary comfort”, says the architect.
By illustrating three work situations, the architect imprinted on his space the strong relationship he has built with China in recent years, where he works as a professor. After all, “good architecture has to carry ideas and meanings.”