lúcio santos: miami lounge

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

miami lounge

Lúcio, in collaboration with FXFOWLE, has designed a paper pavilion and art bar for the FXFOWLE VIP lounge in the Miami Project Art Fair, running from December 4-9, 2012. The pavilion creates a dialogue between advanced computational design techniques and low-tech fabrication methods of assembly. The pavilion was generated using rhino scripting as an assembly of similar but non-repetitive unique folded components, laser-cut entirely out of 2-ply museum board and assembled using elmer's glue, double-sided tape, and zip-ties. The art bar is designed as an amorphous curvelinear piece and is fabricated out of fiber-glass and carbon fiber composites, and functions as a serving station for private functions and daily lounge operations.

bar fabricated out of fiber glass / carbon fiber composite.

bar fabricated out of fiber glass / carbon fiber composite.

bar mold. photo provided by SCRA.

bar removed from mold. photo provided by SCRA.

the bar is sponsored and fabricated by SCRA.
museum board is sponsored by A.I. Friedman
project is sponsored by 3M
furniture is sponsored by fatboy

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Lúcio Santos, AIA, LEED

A registered architect in the state of New York. He graduated from the Architectural Association Design Research Lab [DRL] post-graduate program receiving a Master of Architecture and Urbanism, and the New Jersey School of Architecture [NJIT] where he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree.

His work experience spans both the US and Europe where he has worked on projects ranging from high-end residential additions and housing complexes to pedestrian bridges, hotels, football stadiums and cultural pavilions. His interest in design as a process of formal experimentation has developed a varied body of work which is constantly evolving.

Lúcio has worked for Zaha Hadid Architects in London on the Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion for the 2008 World Expo. He was in charge of rationalizing the 3d geometry and overall design development of the bridge, where he worked closely with Arup London and Spanish steel fabricators, developing the primary structure and substructure to produce a repetitive system of panelization for the curved façade. Lúcio worked for SOM in New York as a Senior Designer, and as an Architect with FXFOWLE International Studio where he lead the design development of the building geometry and exterior envelope for the Museum of the Built Environment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

In 2004, Lúcio and his team presented their post-graduate design research thesis at the ‘Future Environments’ series held by onedotzero8 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts [ICA], London. He has been a guest critic at the AA, Columbia University, and other institutions.