By Fernandes Architects
From 2009, when Fabricio did a Masters in Art and Architecture of the landscape and for the first time worked with Norwegian-based Scandinavian architects, Dagur Eggertsoon and Sami Rintala. A few opportunities came to work alongside this international renown architectural practice that designs and builds architectural folies around the world. Those collaborations include a wide range of contexts such as a book tower installation at the Victoria & Albert Museum, a proposal for floating structures and cultural centres for Brazilan Amazon indigenous populations, a fit out of an industrial building in Oslo to host an architecture exhibition, a series of landscape interventions in Seljord enhancing the Scandinavian wild landscape and a world tree garden also in Norway.
Fernandes Architects' focus is to respond to clients’ demands with technically efficient solutions that meet the budget and exceed expectations.
FABRICIO FERREIRA FERNANDES
Born in 1979 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Fabricio graduated as an Architect and Urban Planner at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC Campinas) in 2002. Left Brazil in 2003 and traveled to New Zealand where he has mainly lived ever since. During 2009 -2010 took residence in Italy where he worked for Studio A0 and graduated with a Master´s Degree in Art and Architect of the Landscape at Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano).
In New Zealand, Fabricio has worked for GDM consultants (structural engineering consultants) AP Design and Christchurch renown architecture offices such as Steiphen Fitzgerald and Wilson and Hill architects. With relevant experience in carpentry, Fabricio has collaborated with Italian based Abitalbero – (tree hanging structures specialists) – and has an ongoing working relationship with Norwegian based Scandinavian studio Rintala Eggertsson architects, well known for their site specific art/architecture work around the planet.
Besides Fernandes Architects, Fabricio is a guest design tutor at Ara Polytechnical Institute of Canterbury's Bachelor of Architectural Studies course.