Mezzo Atelier + Argot ou la Maison Mobile Reimagine Traditional Architecture in the Azores
A volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with 140,000 inhabitants has become a stage for artistic experimentation in the last four years through the Urban Art Festival “Walk & Talk”.
©Rui Soares and ©Mezzo Atelier
A volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with 140,000 inhabitants has become a stage for artistic experimentation in the last four years through the Urban Art Festival “Walk & Talk”. The open-air festival takes place in Ponta Delgada, capital of the Archipelago of the Azores in Portugal, but the events are spread out in other areas of the São Miguel Isle as well. While well-known street artist murals characterized the first editions of the festival, the most recent ones gathered other artistic expressions, like dance, cinema, design and architecture, developing a multidisciplinary cultural event, which has put the island under the contemporary art radar.
Redesign Tradition I Play Architecture Lab From the architects: As architecture was one of the themes of the 4th edition of the festival, we were invited to develop an intervention in Ponta Delgada – Mezzo Atelier (Giacomo Mezzadri (IT), Joana Oliveira (PT)) and Argot ou la Maison Mobile (Luca Astorri (IT)). In order to open the project to the community and professionals we proposed th...
©Rui Soares and ©Mezzo Atelier
A volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with 140,000 inhabitants has become a stage for artistic experimentation in the last four years through the Urban Art Festival “Walk & Talk”. The open-air festival takes place in Ponta Delgada, capital of the Archipelago of the Azores in Portugal, but the events are spread out in other areas of the São Miguel Isle as well. While well-known street artist murals characterized the first editions of the festival, the most recent ones gathered other artistic expressions, like dance, cinema, design and architecture, developing a multidisciplinary cultural event, which has put the island under the contemporary art radar.
Redesign Tradition I Play Architecture Lab From the architects: As architecture was one of the themes of the 4th edition of the festival, we were invited to develop an intervention in Ponta Delgada – Mezzo Atelier (Giacomo Mezzadri (IT), Joana Oliveira (PT)) and Argot ou la Maison Mobile (Luca Astorri (IT)). In order to open the project to the community and professionals we proposed th...
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