The Sona drawings, plural of Lusona, were part of the tradition of the Tchokwe People. It is known in eastern Angola and close to the borders of Zambia and Congo. The drawings were made in the sand only by men, as a way to tell a story or show the reality of them (with representations of daily, nature, animals and people). It was part of the boys' rite of passage to adulthood to learn to draw Sona and tell stories.
Mathematical concepts such as Combinatorial Analysis, Minimum Common Multiple and Maximum Common Divisor were used instinctively, since the Tchokwe people had no knowledge of the formulas and math of the graphs. First, the soil was cleaned and flattened with the hand, and with the fingertips it was drawn an grid of points with carefully proportional spaces. Subsequently, the narrator traced lines - straight and curves with a 45 degree inclination - around the points without taking his fingers from the sand until finishing the drawing.
The Sona drawings, plural of Lusona, were part of the tradition of the Tchokwe People. It is known in eastern Angola and close to the borders of Zambia and Congo. The drawings were made in the sand only by men, as a way to tell a story or show the reality of them (with representations of daily, nature, animals and people). It was part of the boys' rite of passage to adulthood to learn to draw Sona and tell stories.
Mathematical concepts such as Combinatorial Analysis, Minimum Common Multiple and Maximum Common Divisor were used instinctively, since the Tchokwe people had no knowledge of the formulas and math of the graphs. First, the soil was cleaned and flattened with the hand, and with the fingertips it was drawn an grid of points with carefully proportional spaces. Subsequently, the narrator traced lines - straight and curves with a 45 degree inclination - around the points without taking his fingers from the sand until finishing the drawing.
The Sona drawings, plural of Lusona, were part of the tradition of the Tchokwe People. It is known in eastern Angola and close to the borders of Zambia and Congo. The drawings were made in the sand only by men, as a way to tell a story or show the reality of them (with representations of daily, nature, animals and people). It was part of the boys' rite of passage to adulthood to learn to draw Sona and tell stories.
Mathematical concepts such as Combinatorial Analysis, Minimum Common Multiple and Maximum Common Divisor were used instinctively, since the Tchokwe people had no knowledge of the formulas and math of the graphs. First, the soil was cleaned and flattened with the hand, and with the fingertips it was drawn an grid of points with carefully proportional spaces. Subsequently, the narrator traced lines - straight and curves with a 45 degree inclination - around the points without taking his fingers from the sand until finishing the drawing.
TELECOM
PELOURINHO
STORE
COMMERCE / SERVICES
The interior architecture project of the Pelourinho Store is part of a first approach to the conversion of the service spaces of the company.
Creating a new physical image with identity and better functioning of its facilities was the basis intention in this project.
The logo of the Company, in its oval form, was recreated spatially:
Having a complete perception of the space, making it as wide as possible, reading its design and clearly identifying the areas where the customer must go to discuss each subject, designed the space planned.
The store is organized on two floors:
The 1st floor is intended for costumer service and general information and for collection services of the company.
The 2nd floor is reserved for personalized service, call-center, offices and sanitary facilities.
The materials used - plain glass, matte glass, brushed steel, wood, walls as shop windows of products and services, in a very bright space, bet on an image of transparency that wants to develop and in a contemporanity that adjusts to the technologies of communication , which the company is linked.
The colors of ANGOLA TELECOM are the basis of the color palette used in the project.
LOCATION
Pelourinho square, Luanda, Angola
YEAR
2007
INTERVENTION AREA
333.06 m² (maximum limits 13.74 m x 27.31 m)