Muir Mendes

Coming to prominence with the controlled, self-built Law Street House, Muir Mendes, established in 2011 by architects Amy Muir and Bruno Mendes, has emerged as a distinctly confident architectural voice in Melbourne. With an interest in material specificity and finely composed spatial and occupational configurations, the firm is currently, on the back of Mendes heritage, undertaking the development of a holiday house in Portugal.

 

Sampling the City Project team:

Amy Muir

Bruno Mendes

James Burrell

Esteban Montecinos

Thomas Muratore 

 

Sampling the City artist statement:

the site NGV

4500x4950mm divided with a 200x200mm drawn grid

grid redefined

190x190x1.6mm mild steel quantity 506

190x185x1.6mm mild steel quantity 22

70x185x1.6mm mild steel quantity 1

70x190x1.6mm mild steel quantity 23

70x115x1.6mm mild steel quantity 1

190x115x1.6mm mild steel quantity 22

68 kg of concrete 

 

a landscape of formed concrete

made with the hand

molded then agitated

imperfections

a material which is what it is

it has its own properties

it responds in a particular way unlike the precision of steel

not perfect, not refined

crafting a condition

 

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