ATOMS

ATOMS

\\ ATOMS was born from the desire to transform the way we inhabit and feel a place: an object of art conceived to awaken the senses, simultaneously symbolic and sustainable. Set in the heart of a wine-growing landscape, the ensemble stands out through its three habitable spheres, three atoms united in balance, and through its copper and orange-toned volumes, evoking the constant energy and movement of the particles from which it takes its name. The exterior surface is clad in a unique skin that reveals an abstract world map, composed of repurposed industrial glass waste. This symbolic and ecological gesture reinforces a global vision while embedding sustainability into the very DNA of the creation.

Composed of three interconnected volumes, the project manifests as an organic and emotional work, where each sphere embraces its own function and atmosphere: the first is the nucleus of encounter, the collective heart where ideas intersect and thought takes shape; the second, more introspective, is a creative retreat — a place for reflection, decision, and productive silence; the third is dedicated to moments of pause and contemplation, an interval between doing and thinking.

Planted among the vineyards, the work arises in communion with the earth and the cycle of wine. Its placement celebrates the ancestral bond between human gesture and the cultivation of nature, functioning as a metaphor for the very process of winemaking — the transformation of matter into experience, of time into essence. In this context, the ensemble rises as an ode to wine, to its alchemy, and to the ritual dimension it represents: a symbol of encounter, sharing, and celebration of life.

In dialogue with the surrounding nature, the composition transcends its materiality. It affirms itself as a habitable work of art — a living sculpture that emerges from the place and dissolves into the landscape, a poetic manifesto on the balance between nature, matter, and human thought.

Year

2024

Location

Setúbal, Portugal

Area

60 m2

Client

Private

Architecture

Luis Rebelo de Andrade, Tiago Rebelo de Andrade, Júlia Vidotti 

Interior Design

Client

Construtor

Art Works

Structural Engineer 

Eng. Fernando Bagulho

Consultants

OTIIMA

Photography

Fernando Guerra - FG+SG