Pedro Henrique Arquiteto

Simulacrum Installation

Simulacrum Installation
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Simulacrum Installation

Pedro Henrique

ARCHITECTS
Pedro Henrique

CARGO NET STRUCTURE
Carlos Sousa, Lda.

PAINTING
Tintas Neuce

CO AUTHORS
André Rocha, João Silva, Margarida Pais, Rafaela Silva, Teresa Leite

METAL STRUCTURE
Entreferros Serralharia Construções Metálicas, Lda. (Jorge Silva)

MANUFACTURERS
Neuce

AUTHOR
Pedro Henrique

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Santa Maria Da Feira, Portugal

CATEGORY
Installations & Structures

Text description provided by architect.

Simulacro aims to awaken the senses and the imagination of the passerby to the heart of the city of Santa Maria da Feira, where the Caster River runs every day.

Simulacrum Installation
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Simulacrum Installation
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Like him, we walk past the city without observing it. This is an unconscious act common to all of us that manage ourselves by a schedule, activity, commitment, or purpose.

During the design process we rediscover the course of this river that unravels the core of one of the oldest blocks of the city.

Simulacrum Installation
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Simulacrum Installation
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This core reveals what we dare to call non-place, because it is not the result of a plan of its own but rather the result of everything that happens around it.

This non-place has both remnant and potentiality and therefore we intend to temporarily transform it into a (ephemeral) space, giving it conditions to create permanence.

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Simulacrum Installation
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Simulacrum Installation
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Therefore, the first goal of this intervention is to transform non-place into an ephemeral space of being.

This ephemeral space causes permanence that triggers observation and contemplation.

When we allow ourselves to truly observe, we allow ourselves to understand what surrounds us, to imagine about this reality, to form criticism, to reflect.

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Simulacrum Installation
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To do so, we put an accessible safety net over the river.

Once in the net, the public is hovering over the river - a natural reflector that generates innumerable points of view.

Each of them can be a different trigger of thoughts and therefore of criticism and reflection.

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Simulacrum Installation
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Simulacrum Installation
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Simulacro (it could be reality) starts from the vision of a group of architects who, through the discipline of architecture intend to transform non-place into an ephemeral space and foster reflection and criticism about the public's claim of public space.


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Pedro Henrique Arquiteto
T +351 963 988903
Pedro Henrique Arquiteto
Tv. Cavaco n.º 3, 4520-187 Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal