What turns a residential space into a home? Its decoration? Its objects? The people sharing that space? All the memories stored in it? Estudio Guto Requena asks the participants to answer this question until July 17th by twitter @umacasaumlar and help them to construct their interactive wallpaper at Hyundai Mostra Black Exhibition in Sao Paulo. The interactive ambient “What turns a house into a home?” seeks to instigate the visitors to thinking about the significances and subjectivities associated with our houses.
When Estudio Guto Requena were invited to participate to Hyundai Mostra Black Exhibition, they faced the perfect scenario to ask this question, after all the house that will take them in has already hosted João, Amélia and their family and goes back to a important period of Brazilian history. The house, with its neo-classical architecture, was built in the early 1940’s and designed by the French Brazilian naturalized architect Jacques Pilon. This architect was very important for the historic Brazilian scenario, especially in Sao Paulo, between the years 1930’s and 1960’s. Right beside the architects Gregori Warchavchic and Rino Levi, Pilon contributed to Modern Brazilian architecture constitution and was responsible for relevant buildings in the city such as Pauliceia, in Paulista Avenue, and Mario de Andrade Municipal Public Library.
