Yorik's Site
Welcome,
This site is my personal homepage. You'll find here my own architecture projects, drawings I made for other architects, and an ever growing open source section containing tutorials and other projects I participate. For the most adventurous reader, there is also a personnal section containing, well, all kind of stuff...
So feel free to browse around, have fun, and if you liked (or not), or if you have any question I might be able to respond, don't hesitate to leave me a message on the guestblog. I'm also on
This site is my personal homepage. You'll find here my own architecture projects, drawings I made for other architects, and an ever growing open source section containing tutorials and other projects I participate. For the most adventurous reader, there is also a personnal section containing, well, all kind of stuff...
So feel free to browse around, have fun, and if you liked (or not), or if you have any question I might be able to respond, don't hesitate to leave me a message on the guestblog. I'm also on
updated on 05.05.2014
Uncreated
Our architecture studio, located in São Paulo, Brazil.
O nosso estúdio de arquitetura, localizado em São Paulo, Brasil.
added on 01.01.2009
The Guestblog
This is my blog and also where things happen on this site. I post there about almost everything I do, so be sure to check it for fresh news. It is open for anyone to read and write, so don't hesitate to leave me some comments!
added on 11.06.2017
Shuttleworth Foundation flash grant nominate 2017
I've had the honour to be nominated to receive a flash grant from the Shuttleworth foundation this year. The grant money will be used to fuel several ideas around FreeCAD and open-source architecture. Stay tuned, more to come soon!
Architecture projects
This section presents architecture projects completely made and conceived by myself or in collaboration with friends. Feel free to download and reuse the available files.
added on 02.11.2016
Casa Natureza
An open-source project for a modernist house in the grand tradition of Brazilian modernist dream houses, that works in northern hemisphere climates.
added on 03.05.2016
UBS Riacho Fundo in Brasília
A project for a n UBS (Unidade Básica de Saúde - Basic Health Unit) in Brasil. Taking grip on the new very human policies of the Health department in Brazil, we tried to make it a home, rather than a hospital, and consider health as a holistic matter, where architecture can truly play its symbiosis role. Project made with Maíra and Mário Francisco Arquitetura.
added on 22.09.2015
Services Center in Pirituba
A project for a small services and commerce center, typically aimed at the local bairro. Made with Maíra and AKF.
added on 14.09.2015
Mixed use in Itu
A project for a high-density mixed-use compound in Itu, Brazil, based on a urban functioning organized around a central public space. Made with Maíra and AKF.
added on 28.07.2014
Belo Horizonte administrative center
A competition entry for the Belo Horizonte Administrative Centre competition, made with Maíra.
added on 11.12.2013
Yaroslavl Spartacus Alive
A competition entry for the Yaroslavl Spartacus Alive competition in Yaroslavl, Russia, made with Maíra.
added on 11.12.2013
Mercado Público de Florianópolis
A proposal for a new roof for the central open space of the Public Market of Florianópolis, Brazil, made with Maíra.
added on 25.09.2013
Parque Augusta
Uma proposta para o Parque Augusta em São Paulo, Brasil, feita com Maíra. English text available here.
added on 17.05.2012
Lanxess factory
A green factory project in Brazil, made with Maíra and Mário Francisco Arquitetura. The buildings are totally open, rely heavily on natural ventilation and lighting.
added on 06.11.2011
Costa do Ipê Parque Shopping
An ongoing project made with Maíra for an open mall in Marília.
added on 01.07.2011
Casa Grégoire
A project of a house for Lívia and Grégoire made with Maíra. The idea is a very simple shell, made with bioconstruction, that simply defines a frame in a garden.
added on 18.11.2010
Interlagos
A proposal Maíra and me made for the Interlagos Formula One circuit in Brazil. The whole project was made in collaboration with HVC Arquitetura, and rendered this animation.
added on 19.03.2010
Frei Caneca
A project entry for the Frei Caneca competition in São Paulo. The project is actually a "non-project", made of 100 micro-interventions without any masterplan. Made with Angelica, Maíra & Sander. More images here.
added on 13.09.2009
Open Fort 400
A project entry for the OpenFort 400 competition in Amsterdam. The proposal investigates density, stacking, and infectious spots as ferment for innovative urban design. More images here.
added on 15.02.2009
Delft Faculteit Bouwkunde
A quite theorical competition project for the new Faculteit Bouwkunde building of the Delft University, that was, although the result is far from usual, a tremendous reflexion experience. Made with Maíra & Sander.
added on 23.05.2008
Bodø City Harbour Competition
This is a competition for the transformation of the old harbour of Bodø, Norway, into a living city waterfront. The project was made with Angelica, Maíra & Sander.
added on 01.07.2008
Kallari chocolate factory competition
This is an entry for a competition held by Arch for Humanity in Ecuador. The proposal gathers different "modules" under one big slab-like roof, assembled like a space station. The full entry documents can be found here.
added on 14.05.2008
Rodoshopping
This quick project was sketched in a couple of days and never went further than that. Neverthless, since we got total freedom to design what we wanted, the experience got interesting...
added on 11.06.2007
Pé de Arte, Cultura e Educação
This is a project for a new facilities center for the NGO Pé de Arte, Cultura e Educação in Brazil. It is hosted on OAN since it is an open participation project. Come have a look and help us...
added on 20.04.2007
San Isidro lofts building
A competition project for a residencial building in Lima. Mainly a reflexion over diffraction, opening, circulation space as a social system and a quest for some new life quality. Made with Maíra and Janis.
added on 08.02.2007
Stockholm Library
A not so recent project made with Maíra and Janis, it is the official celebration of our come-back in the world of architecture competitions...
added on 31.01.2007
Pennington Road footbridge
A competition project for a footbridge in Liverpool, made with Maíra and Janis. A tentative to intersect the dark industrial past and a kind of nostalgic feeling, along with a strong over-tensionated movement...
added on 30.12.2006
Vila Mariana Roof
A small project for a roof cover in a factory in São Paulo, made with Amá arquitetos. It is very simple and zen. Unfortunately the project got canceled, so the real thing didn't happen...
added on 01.11.2005
Malama Learning Center
Another competition project made with Maíra and Thomas in 2003 for a community centre in Kapolei, Hawaii. This one focused around integration between human being and environment.
added on 23.04.2005
Moscow City Hall
A competition project for the new city hall of Moscow, Russia, made in 2002 with Thomas. The project constructs itself on a grid that grows in all directions, spreading out of its bath.
added on 23.04.2005
Aomori Northern Style Housing Complex
A competition project for a housing complex in Aomori, Japan. Made in 2001 with Maíra. It deals with difference of scales in surrounding urban environment and heavy population density in compact area. It also suggests different daylife routine and social interaction.
added on 24.02.2011
IdSampa
Algumas idéias e experimentações, utópicas ou nem tanto, que eu e/ou amigos tivemos para melhorar nossa cidade...
Works & Renderings
Here you'll find architecture renderings and other types of graphical work, architecture documents, drawings, websites, logos, animations made for other architects or planners or, before 2006, while working in architecture studios.
last modified on 22.05.2007
Curriculum Vitae
Want to hire me? See how to contact me? That's the place.
by category
Below are works grouped by type
added on 19.02.2006
Animations
These are the most recent architecture animations we made. The older ones can also be viewed with less quality here.
by date
Below are all my works grouped by year
added on 11.01.2017
Works of 2016
All the works of 2016: 3D, Construction documents, and a series of our own projects.
added on 02.01.2009
Works of 2009
The works we made in 2009. Lots of 3D, some websites, a couple of hand drawings, and even a little bit of CAD work. Wish I had made more architecture projects...
added on 24.02.2008
Works of 2008
The complete works of 2008. Contains a bit of everything me and Maíra did during that year.
added on 03.04.2007
Works of 2007
This page shows works made in 2007, with some sketches, perspectives and 2d drawings of architecture projects... As always now, all 3D is made with Blender.
added on 01.01.2006
Works of 2006
Some of the works made in 2006. That year we started to work as independent free-lance architects.
added on 01.01.2003
Works of 2003
Works made in 2003 while working at Nasser Hissa Arquitetos in Fortaleza.
added on 01.01.2002
Works of 2002 and before
Works made in 2002, several made at GAD'Design in Porto Alegre, and some other stuff from before, like travel drawings, etc...
Open-source corner
Here are samples of my activities in the open-source world. There are tutorials, code, scripts, themes, models and other things. Everything here is
, so feel free to download, copy and reuse at you own will. Also check
the guestblog for more...
added on 05.04.2006
Blender stuff
This page contains scripts and themes I made for Blender, all freely available to download and use as you wish.
added on 17.04.2007
FreeCAD stuff
This page contains custom linux builds and stuff I'm developing for FreeCAD. You are welcome (read: begged) to install FreeCAD, test it and give us some feedback...
added on 19.01.2008
Linux stuff
This page contains themes, scripts and config files I made mostly for my own system. Feel free to copy or use...
added on 17.11.2009
Wordpress plugins
This page contains plugins for wordpress. They are also available via the wordpress plugin repository.
added on 07.03.2009
Architecture workflow on Linux
A short article explaining what kind of architecture workflow you can do on Linux.
added on 17.07.2007
The Blender greenhouse
This is a repository of (hopefully) realistic plants and trees made with ngPlant and Blender, for use in your 3D scenes as 3D models or as alpha textures for billboard-style vegetation.
added on 01.01.2009
Alpha textures
These are alpha textures in .png format I made over time, free to use and reuse...
added on 24.03.2008
Blender external renderers comparison
This is a quick comparison of what I could get from several free external renderers availables for blender. This is not an extensive comparison, but a quick test of what a new user can expect to achieve quickly.
added on 11.06.2008
Rendering plugin for ngPlant
This is a plugin I made for ngPlant, that allows to render an image directly from it, without the need to export to another program.
added on 20.11.2010
ngPlants collection
This is my collection of ngPlants, the same used to create the plants textures in the textures section. You can now download all of them together with the textures.
tutorials
A couple of tutorials I wrote over time
added on 01.06.2006
Urban design with Blender
A tutorial showing two examples of how Blender can be used in designing very large urban environments.
added on 21.07.2006
Introduction to architecture modeling with Blender
A tutorial explaining the basics of architecture modeling with Blender
added on 15.04.2008
Modeling architecture with precision in Blender
A tutorial about modeling architecture precisely in Blender.
added on 18.09.2009
Architecture composition with Blender
An article showing how Blender is an excellent platform for architecture creation, based on a project I made some time ago.
added on 06.11.2006
Parametric objects in Blender
An article showing how to make parametric objects in Blender.
added on 01.02.2008
Treemaking tutorial
A tutorial showing how to model realistic-looking vegetation with open-source tools.
added on 04.06.2012
Python for architects
A tutorial specially destinated at architects, to show the basics of open-source programming.
Personal stuff
Here there is a bit of everything, ideas, experiments, and a couple of other things for your reading pleasure. Feel free to explore and reuse, everything is
...
added on 23.04.2005
Graphic novels
This is a collection of graphic novels I started over time and for most of them never really finished...
added on 22.09.2006
Derrière les lignes ennemies
Une petite histoire écrite en 2001 lors d'un grand match de coupe du monde qui opposa la Belgique au Brésil...
added on 22.09.2006
Yorik au tribunal
Un autre récit totalement véridique, ultra-réaliste, de mes mésaventures judiciaires. L'on y apprendra comment je m'en sortis honoris causa et habeas corpus...
added on 22.09.2006
75 heures d'enfer
Où l'on apprendra comment nous traversâmes le continent en bus pouilleux, voyage qui dura non moins de 75 heures assurément historiques...
added on 22.09.2006
Pernambouc
Un synopsis que j'ai écrit un jour, et dont je ne sus que faire, sinon l'utiliser pour allonger cette page, à défaut d'autres usages moins honorables.
added on 01.01.2009
Guestblog
The guestblog, which is my blog, but also where things happen on this site. You are welcome to add your word there too! And for the real passionate, here are the 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 archives of this famous, internationally awarded guestblog...
started on 22.08.2006
Maupassy
Une passionnante épopée imaginée et écrite à au moins 10 mains par les habitués de ce site, dont votre serviteur. Déjà parus, Duel à la petite cuiller, et un tome 2 qui tourna court...
added on 22.01.2005
Music
A couple of musical experiments I made an absurdly long time ago, Please be clement if you dare to enter there...
added on 22.01.2005
Animations
Some old and simple flash animations I made mostly to entertain friends, but that neverthless were good training for discovering animation techniques.
added on 18.11.2011
Photos
My miserable attempts at photography, registered here (also on Facebook)...
