Ephemeral

According to the popular Chinese legend, the discovery of tea was a wonderful coincidence attributed to the Chinese Emperor Sheng Nung, who happened to be resting under the shadows of a wild tree when a light breeze blew a few leafs off the branches and into a bowl of boiling water nearby creating an aromatic infusion which made the Emperor decide to try it and be captivated by its flavour. Jaime Navarro Camelia Tea Room is our interpretation of such facts and it seeks to generate a multi-sensorial experience through design. Jaime Navarro The space was originally the meeting point for family and friends who used to drink tea, which added a load of symbolism for the proposal. The interior space is divided in two and connected thr... More

Talavera has a soul of clay and a ceramic skin. Processes are usually kept hidden, behind the scenes, without prominence, and thus focused only on the final result, the piece showcased on the shelf, however, Talavera de la Reina believes in stripping the step by step of the process in order to increase the value of the final result. Jaime Navarro Many people are involved in the process of each piece, from the person at the bottom of the chain mixing different kinds of clay, to the one putting the pieces inside the ovens at over one thousand degrees in order to achieve the finish, and going through the masters at the potter's wheel, glazing and decoration. Each one of them are key, contributing with heart and talent. Jaime Navarro... More

Our project 'Cocina María Luisa' was selected to participate in the first ever Architecture Pavilion for the 'Abierto Mexicano de Diseño' or 'Mexican Design Open'. Jaime Navarro Instead of choosing to only exhibit images of the project, we decided to re-create the design with its essential items adapting it to the exhibition space, the fantastic jewel of early twentieth century architecture, the Postal Palace in the Historic Center of Mexico City. Jaime Navarro had to cover the marble top of one of the original tables set around the space with a folded black steel sheet, in order to keep it from harm; we built a wooden screen and covered it in volcanic stone, and brought our own steel volcano and charred wood table... More

The pavilion 2 spaces 2 moments is the duality in which the outer space, the large scale space on everyone’s sight, captures the attention of pedestrians with a powerful yet small light threshold, inviting them to discover what is beyond, creating the first moment. The inner space is the second moment of the experience. Inside this small and quiet place made by a geometrical complex surface formed with more than 60 triangle pieces and 1,800 joints, 2 facing mirrors highlight the perspective inside the pavilion, while color and different kinds of lighting nurture this experience and create an endless loop of the inner space. The serenity of the pavilion contrast with the dynamics of geometry, perspective and fullness of color. More

In this particular pavilion, we propose certain dialectics that articulate the project, such as the one established between personal expression versus functionality or between known materials versus new materials. In the projects we do, we are aware of the zeitgeist that makes them possible. We believe that by knowing this condition we can see more clearly which parts or elements of the project have greater doses of sensitivity to time.   In the pavilions, in general, we can see a certain audacity arising from the lack of permanence, the will to explore and experience that arises from the apparent lesser responsibility that is expected from a temporary construction, an event with a definite time. However, we must ask ourselves if this has t... More

Three light installations were realised on Kurfürstendamm: the first, a huge light dome with a diameter of 7,5m, at Joachimstaler Platz, the second consisting of five big three-dimensional light cubes at the crossing with Uhlandstrasse, and the third, an artificial lanscape build of 50 light shrubs, at the crossing with Knesebeckstrasse. What all three installations have in common is that we want to achieve an atmospheric effect with them. Rather than typical decorations that represent Christmas through objects or symbols that are contemplated from the outside, we want to create a space that can be entered and experienced. We imagine this artificial space in the city as a place of retreat, similar to an imaginary clearance in a forest.... More