We have many graphical references. In the beginning we were very open minded and at some point we became a melting pot of unrelated approaches, most of the time due to isolated visceral attractions. We are now maturating our own pool of sources (and this is also happening with our architecture) and maybe starting to have something that we can call 「ours」.
From the lightness of Japanese drawings (either the Sanaa-like material-less drawings, the Shinohara』s second style military axonometric or the bow wow detail/behavioural perspective axonomteric) to the rigorous Swiss drawings (either the politely correct detailing or the non referential Olgiati plans) and through what we could call a 「normal portuguese prerogative」 we have tried a lot of everything. Our drawings tend to be a little of all of these parts, and many more, with scattered moments of simple post-modernism. We think our architecture follows the same logic, to some extent.
The images we produce come, as a start, from OMA, early HdM, Made in, KGDVS, Baukuh, Point Supreme, Caruso St John, ADVVT, Bow wow… and they belong to a non-official movement that has been reacting to the general apathy arch daily (and other media platforms) brought to the discipline. These offices brought Hopper, Hockney, Sottsass and many others to the table and these images are now slowly changing not only the visual expression of the architectural proposals but also the architectures themselves. Names like Luigi Ghirri, Bas Princen Gabriele Basilico and Paulo Catrica offer us a visual standpoint for how we hope to present our buildings once built.
