{"id":106,"date":"2025-12-17T07:36:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/?p=106"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:21:52","slug":"architect-creates-floor-and-sculpture-set-in-brazilian-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"Architect creates floor and sculpture set in Brazilian woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Architect Thiago Jos\u00e9 Barros has developed the \u00d3rbita &amp; Orbital project, which combines modular flooring and experimental sculpture using circular geometry and Brazilian woods.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The set comprises the \u00d3rbita floor, which combines sucupira with circular inlays of tauari, and the Orbital sculpture, assembled from tauari modules extracted in the same digital cut. The proposal explores material continuity: what is removed from one surface gains new three-dimensional function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0026-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0026-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0026-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0026-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0026-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0026-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The floor creates a visual field of rhythm and contrast from the density and deep grain of sucupira. The sculpture reorganises the circles into an open structure, inaugurating a phase of investigation into modular installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0038-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0038-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0038-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0038-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0038-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/THIAGO_J_BARROS_DEX25_20250909_0038-rotated.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u00d3rbita &amp; Orbital<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trained at UFRJ and with a master&#8217;s degree from the Architectural Association in London, Thiago specialises in wood and moves between architecture, design and surfaces. The designer is one of the founders of the NGO Dexcolados in Rio de Janeiro, and has developed projects such as the Pototo Bench, the Mimesis Bench and Writing Desk, the Reverso Modular system and the North Lodge, with international recognition and work as an educator in workshops and lectures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Photos<\/strong><br>: Lumalab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Architect Thiago Jos\u00e9 Barros has developed the \u00d3rbita &amp; Orbital project, which combines modular flooring and experimental sculpture using circular geometry and Brazilian woods. 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