Russian Suburb

Through this project, I meant to bring in the colours, suburban vibes and cultural delicacies we enjoyed along with the wonderful trip. This is a personal work later created for fun. I thoroughly enjoyed recreating a silhouette of the townways and the architectural marvels we witnessed throughout. Close observation and picture references came for aid. By involving autumn colours, vibrancy was promised.

Making of “Douro Valley”

For the first making-of feature of 2020, I’m very happy to present eleven’s “Douro Valley” project behind the scenes! eleven is a young London based studio founded by Aneta Gesiorska and Joana Maduro, and this is their studio’s inception work. Lots of good stuff in this one, which also serves as a field guide! Enjoy.

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THE THONG HOUSE

Text description provided by the architects. The perceived quality of life in buildings should come from geometry and how that geometry connects to human beings”. It was the initial thought we had when being offered to design a row house in Phu My Hung, a new urban development area in the Southern Saigon. This project could be considered as another attempt to find a contemporary living manner in row house typology. The brief was to get rid of the way of living we used to have in common townhouse, where the staircase in the center along with the corridor to access spaces covered by four walls which isolate people inside his own world. The client is a nuclear family, consisted of the parents and two kids with the explicit wish to have a home fulfilled with natural elements while being able to improve the spiritual connection between each family member.

Unseen Grace

My workplace is constantly buzzing with noise, movement and light. However, the building does take on a second life during my late nights and weekend trips there.

I do meet the people that work during these hours more than most. Cleaners, maintenance workers, security guards etc. When the building is ‘switched off’, it transforms and develops a whole new identity, a whole new atmosphere.

The way street lights creep into corridors, the cool blue glow of the security guard’s monitor, the river caustics hitting the ceiling in the summer, the way the lights on my desk form a pool in the surrounding gloom of the open-plan office. These isolated moments feel incredibly cinematic.

This short CG film is an attempt to show people this unique second side to the everyday life they so rarely glimpse beyond.