Electric Rhizome

The architectural design of Le Terminal 7 is represented by the master piece of the brazilian artist Guto Requena (« Sensitive Star », « Beyond the mirror » and « Dancing Pavilion » in Rio de Janeiro) : a monumental structure which dresses the room and represents a reversed tree whose roots are anchored in the sky, emiting playful lights.

The tree was designed by a parametric software : a series of mathematical operations generated the structure.

Guto Requena is an architect with a Master in Architecture & Urban Planning from USP - University of São Paulo. He is representative of a new generation of architects and designers involved in the discussion of interactivity and its effects on architecture and design; his work focuses in new digital technologies, cyberculture, hybrid realities, new lifestyles, affective memory and Brazilian culture.

He is creator, screenwriter and host of a show on design in cable/satellite Brazilian television channel GNT called Nos Trinques; its first season aired from March to December in 2011.

Some of his best-known works are the São Paulo nightclub Hot Hot (2009) the collection of vases “Once Upon a Time", the "Samba Collection, the 3D printed "Noize Chair", the exhibition Musical Tour of São Paulo, the interactive space for “Agência D3” (2011), and the Walmart brazilian headquarters.

In 2008, Guto founded Estudio Guto Requena. Since then, he has won several awards, and lectured and exhibited in more than 20 countries worldwide.