{"id":2446,"date":"2026-07-01T15:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:19:59","slug":"joao-panaggio-turns-wood-into-narrative-at-casacor-sao-paulo-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archgallerydesign.art.br\/?p=2446","title":{"rendered":"Jo\u00e3o Panaggio Turns Wood Into Narrative at CASACOR S\u00e3o Paulo 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The living area brings together pieces of Brazilian design in dialogue with the architecture, the exhibition’s densest curatorial core.Photo Fabian Martinez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The architect unveils a 250-square-meter environment in partnership with Duratex, paying tribute to the legacy of Brazilian cabinetmaking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazilian architect Jo\u00e3o Panaggio presents Casa da Marcenaria Brasileira | Duratex at CASACOR S\u00e3o Paulo 2026, a 250-square-meter environment developed in partnership with Duratex and inspired by this year’s central theme, “Mind and Heart.” The project explores wood as language, memory and cultural construction, proposing a sensory journey through the history of the craft that runs June 2 to Aug. 9 at Parque da \u00c1gua Branca in S\u00e3o Paulo, with visitors moving through layered textures of material and memory in a narrative built step by step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jo\u00e3o Panaggio observes the environment he designed for CASACOR S\u00e3o Paulo 2026, standing beside the helical staircase that runs through the project. Photo Dudu Nicolau<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Known for his sensitive approach to construction processes and his appreciation of handcraft, Panaggio brings those qualities to much of his architectural career, and at CASACOR he reshapes cabinetmaking into architectural storytelling. The project reveals the relationship between gesture, technique and creation, elements that repeat at every stage of the route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Opening Passage<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A narrow, deliberately raw corridor marks the entrance to the environment, its unfinished surfaces drawing visitors into a gradual descent into raw material, like a slow immersion in origin. There, wood appears as a primal presence, carrying the marks of time and manual construction and revealing textures and intentional imperfections that trace back to the material’s roots. This tight passage sets the tone for the entire route, structured as a sequence of gradual revelations that invites visitors to slow down before entering the project’s more expansive areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modular Shelving Anchors the Workshop<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n


Near the end of the corridor, the space opens suddenly into a bright environment devoted to the act of creation, the shift in light reinforcing the transition between raw matter and creative process. Here, design begins to take shape, with wood existing first as intention before becoming object, echoing the conceptual stage that precedes any execution in cabinetmaking. A large modular shelving unit spans the full height of the room at its far end, organizing the space through repetition and the logic of joinery and functioning almost as a visual grammar of the craft. Produced in Carvalho Brun MDF by Duratex, the piece becomes a large visual archive of wood and its construction processes, its act of compartmentalizing reflecting the discipline and precision that define Brazilian cabinetmaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The modular shelving unit, built in Carvalho Brun MDF by Duratex, organizes blocks and cut sections of wood along the full height of the room.Photo Fabian Martinez<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
A Helical Staircase Shifts the Rhythm<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Contrasting with that linearity, a helical staircase shifts the rhythm of circulation, sculptural and continuous as it spirals around itself like a piece shaped in the round, breaking from the straight logic that dominates the rest of the environment. Its continuous turn transforms wood into movement, celebrating the time required for manual execution and the transformation of raw matter into architectural form, and standing as the project’s most expressive sculptural moment. On the mezzanine, the pace slows again into a moment of closer observation, where visitors take in the overall structure of the space from a vantage point over the environments they have already crossed, with joinery, cuts and proportions revealing the delicacy that organizes the environment and exposing construction details easily missed on a first pass. Curtains by Hunter Douglas filter light in this area, controlling sun exposure and reinforcing the contemplative atmosphere of the pause Panaggio designed into the route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The helical staircase breaks the linearity of the environment, becoming the project’s point of greatest sculptural expression.Photo Fabian Martinez<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Rotating Bookstands Complete the Finishes<\/strong>
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Between the large windows, rotating bookstands designed by Panaggio rise like sculptural totems, functioning as both practical furniture and pieces of aesthetic composition. Built in cabinetmaking techniques, these vertical elements organize books, objects and artwork in a dynamic arrangement, their rotating format allowing for different viewing angles and adding movement and rhythm to the composition of the space. Finished in Duratex’s Hibisco and Marrom Retr\u00f4 patterns, the pieces also showcase traditional Brazilian joinery techniques, among them dovetail, half-lap, tenon and spline, methods long associated with the artisanal craft. Walls are finished in Duratex’s Papiro Bege pattern, creating a neutral backdrop that lets the wood elements stand out, while flooring in Travertine porcelain tile, from Castelatto’s Etrusco line, extends the sense of continuity and light and echoes the pale palette that dominates the environment. Together, these material choices reinforce the project’s quiet, welcoming atmosphere, offering a serene counterpoint to the sensory density of the entry corridor, and abundant natural light draws out the textures of the wood, with sunlight throughout the day sharpening the contrast between pale surfaces and deeper tones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joinery, cuts and continuous curves reveal the construction precision behind the route’s central piece.Photo Fabian Martinez<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Etel Carmona Inspires a Tribute<\/strong>
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At the center of the environment, the living area brings together pieces of Brazilian design in direct dialogue with the architecture, forming the project’s densest curatorial core. Curated by Etel Design in collaboration with Panaggio, the living area also determines the space’s furnishings, gathering pieces from different eras of Brazilian design and standing as a tribute to Etel Carmona, founder of the brand and a decisive figure in reviving fine Brazilian cabinetmaking, a craft that nearly disappeared in the 1980s and was rebuilt in part through her work. Rounding out the living area are a rug by Botteh Tapetes, a Petra countertop by Portinari, a sink by Deca and additional curtains by Arthur Decor, elements that add both function and aesthetic weight to the composition, while decorative objects curated by Galeria Teo complete the setting and layer further curation within the living space itself. Taken together, the pieces span more than a century of Brazilian design, from modernist masters to contemporary names, forming a historical panorama within a single room. Inside the living area, the layout unfolds across distinct thematic paths, from a wood-species archive to a chronological timeline of Brazilian design, each offering a different lens on the use of wood over time, and also included is a section dedicated to women’s contributions to Brazilian design and one focused specifically on designer Jorge Zalszupin, a major name in the history of Brazilian furniture. Every choice within that core reflects a distinct relationship to the craft, incorporating rare species such as roxinho, Riga pine and jacarand\u00e1 mineiro, materials rarely seen in contemporary production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Armchairs and design objects from different eras form the historical panorama gathered in the space. Photo Fabian Martinez<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Curator Lurdinha Piquet Broadens the Dialogue<\/strong>
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Curator Lurdinha Piquet assembled an art selection that includes a work by Laercio Redondo, on loan from Galeria Continua, alongside pieces by Manoela Medeiros and Laura Vinci from Galeria Nara Roesler, as well as works by Iole de Freitas and Felipe Cohen from Galeria S\u00edlvia Cintra + Box and a piece by Carla Santana from Galeria Quadra, broadening the dialogue across generations of Brazilian artists. Rounding out the exhibition is a site-specific work by Manoela Medeiros, created for the space, along with a piece by Maria Ant\u00f4nia that engages directly with Panaggio’s architectural concept, and organizers say this artistic layer deepens the reflection on material, time and permanence, themes that run through both the art curation and Panaggio’s architectural project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the curatorial team, Casa da Marcenaria Brasileira offers more than an exhibition space, standing as an experience built around craft itself, where wood moves beyond surface finish to become a living language. In doing so, the project connects tradition, invention and the future within contemporary Brazilian architecture, positioning cabinetmaking as the protagonist of a broader cultural narrative, and with this installation, CASACOR S\u00e3o Paulo reinforces its role as a showcase for trends in architecture and design, cementing its place among the country’s leading industry events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CASACOR S\u00e3o Paulo 2026
Dates: June 2 to Aug. 9
Location: Parque da \u00c1gua Branca, Rua Dona Ana Pimentel
More information: www.casacor.com<\/a>
Instagram: @casacor_oficial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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