Brazilian architects directory 2010
Architect: Humberto Hermeto
Project: Casa JE, Vale dos Cristais
Website: www.humbertohermeto.com.br
Humberto Hermeto has a small studio with just four assistants, all in their 20s. Set up in 1996, shortly after he graduated from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, he built up his practice through competitions and small residential works and regularly collaborates with Austin, Texas-based architect Fernando Lara. His approach is modest and considered. 'I try to understand the place I'm working on, and what the design needs to enhance it,' he explains. Concrete is a favourite material, 'not only because of our modern tradition but because of its cost compared to steel structure.' Ongoing works include a house in Recife and a museum in Belo Horizonte. The firm is also currently involved in building a Convention Centre and hotel for the 2014 World Cup. Hermeto believes that the character of contemporary Brazilian architecture is still driven by the climate. 'The special attention to questions like sun protection has always been an important quality,' he says, 'you can see that easily in the early works of Niemeyer.' As well as Niemeyer, he counts Zumthor, Mendes da Rocha and Paraguayan architect Solano Benitez and the key Brazilian modernist structures in Belo Horizonte as influences.
Project: Casa JE, Vale dos Cristais
Website: www.humbertohermeto.com.br
Humberto Hermeto has a small studio with just four assistants, all in their 20s. Set up in 1996, shortly after he graduated from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, he built up his practice through competitions and small residential works and regularly collaborates with Austin, Texas-based architect Fernando Lara. His approach is modest and considered. 'I try to understand the place I'm working on, and what the design needs to enhance it,' he explains. Concrete is a favourite material, 'not only because of our modern tradition but because of its cost compared to steel structure.' Ongoing works include a house in Recife and a museum in Belo Horizonte. The firm is also currently involved in building a Convention Centre and hotel for the 2014 World Cup. Hermeto believes that the character of contemporary Brazilian architecture is still driven by the climate. 'The special attention to questions like sun protection has always been an important quality,' he says, 'you can see that easily in the early works of Niemeyer.' As well as Niemeyer, he counts Zumthor, Mendes da Rocha and Paraguayan architect Solano Benitez and the key Brazilian modernist structures in Belo Horizonte as influences.
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