architecture in broader projects:
projects that take time:
time on the field
projects that take time:
time on the field
S-E is an atelier of architecture that projects in a critical and integrated way, valuing the fieldwork and the maturation time of each project.
S-E coordinates architectural and socio-economic surveys, intervention strategies, architecture and engineering projects, and construction works, acting in partnership with other professionals and entities, within multidisciplinary teams tailored to each project.
“se” (meaning “if” in Portuguese), it’s an indicator of condition (if and only if), and hypothesis (what if?) and represents the much-discussed and non-linear working process of the atelier
if and only if.
S-E faces architecture as a physical translation of the complex economic, political and social relations.
S-E develops field surveys and promotes collective research beyond the traditional domains of architecture, to set the necessary and sufficient conditions for a project to respond critically to its context.
what if?
S-E believes in the tactile experimentation of matters and techniques and in the materials research for an efficient management of resources.
S-E explores the materials’ potential, crosses artisanal and technological processes and link different arts, shaping the projects’ conditions in simple, accurate and meaningful forms.
S-E faces architecture as a physical translation of the complex economic, political and social relations.
S-E develops field surveys and promotes collective research beyond the traditional domains of architecture, to set the necessary and sufficient conditions for a project to respond critically to its context.
what if?
S-E believes in the tactile experimentation of matters and techniques and in the materials research for an efficient management of resources.
S-E explores the materials’ potential, crosses artisanal and technological processes and link different arts, shaping the projects’ conditions in simple, accurate and meaningful forms.