ארכיטקטורה של מראות בריו דה ז'נרו || פרויקטים

Project name: Sea of Mirrors
Location: AquaRio – Rio de Janeiro/RJ - Brazil
Construction: Ricardo Tendler e Alexandre Rodolfo
Date of completion of the project: 2023
Built area: 670 m²
Architecture: Cité Arquitetura [Celso Rayol e Fernando Costa]
Collaborators:Daniel Osório, André Caterina, Lúcia Andrezo, Vanessa Moreira, Bianca Naylor, Carla Felix, Carol Santos, Eduardo Romano,Fernanda Chreem, Giovanna Soares, Júlia de Queiroz, Leonardo Leal, Leonardo Milano, Lila Monteiro, Lucas Apostolo, Luiz Eduardo Rayol, Mateus Keiper, Mateus Fragoso, Taís Barcellos
Management: William Castro
Structure: Ricardo Tendler, Alexandre Rodolfo
Photos: Ari Kaye, Dani Leite e Mateus Keiper

הפרוייקט ''ים של מראות'' הוא תוצאה של שותפות בין Cebrace, Grupo Cataratas ו-Instituto do Vidro, שעוצבה על ידי Cité Arquitetura. הפרוייקט הוקם ב- AquaRio, נקודת ציון באזור הנמל של ריו דה ז'ניירו, ומציע מסע של תגליות למבקריו תוך שימוש בטכנולוגיות תמונה וקול הקשורות לפתרונות הזכוכית והמראה המגוונים ביותר כיום.


Photo Credit: Dani Leite

Photo Credit: Dani Leite

Photo Credit: Dani Leite


At the edge of Guanabara Bay and with the reinvention of Rio de Janeiro's harbor as its backdrop, the city of Rio de Janeiro and its nature became the greatest source of inspiration for the project's narrative. The twilight reflected on the waves, the glistening water running down the mountainous slopes, the peaks that cut through the mist on winter mornings, the reflections on buildings: small details that translate the world around us inspire this intervention in its poetry.


Photo Credit: Dani Leite


Photo Credit: Dani Leite


Photo Credit: Ari Kaye


Photo Credit: Ari Kaye

References for this space emerge from natural and human constructions, where each crevice translates into architecture a way of reading the world and the people who are here, their passions and concerns. The path created had each room designed according to elements of nature, folklore or Brazilian vocabulary, especially from Rio de Janeiro, turning them into feelings such as calm, disorder, peace, surprise, torment and others.

Starting from the space Afluência, like the meeting of two rivers that will flow together, a path of unveiling our surroundings, bodies and images starts. In a sequence of twists and turns, interspersed with a careful selection of sound and light, the visitor follows Escarpas, Clareira, Iara, Meandros, Bruma, Ressaca, Marola and Cais: in an order of impact and contrasts, each space seeks an experience of revelation by provoking different emotions.

After a thousand reflections and fragments of ourselves, the public encounters another version of themselves. As they say, “no one can step into the same river twice, because the waters are not the same, nor the individual”. Thought to provoke, “Sea of Mirrors” instigates from start to finish and leaves us with the question: what world is around us?


Photo Credit: Dani Leite


Photo Credit: Dani Leite


Photo Credit: Ari Kaye


Photo Credit: Dani Leite