CAS Studio

In Morocco, light shapes space.

Not to reveal everything at once, but to reveal a place slowly. Nothing is too obvious.

The carved Amazigh doors are not decoration. They were designed to protect and celebrate a family's wealth, expressing meaning through symbol and craft.

The richness lies in detail, proportion and hierarchy, expressed through geometry, texture, colour and space.

These travels bring us back to the universal principles of light, material, proportion and craft.

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1- Saadian Tombs: Courtyard
2- Saadian Tombs: Passage and Earth Walls
3- Saadian Tombs: Earthen Construction
4- Palais Bahia: Restoration Works
5- Marrakech Medina: Earthen City Gate
6- Palais Bahia: Painted Wooden Ceiling
7- Marrakech Riad: Carved Cedar Door

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Process & backstage from Project Outeiro.

Every project holds smaller ones within.

A 240 kg fireplace, designed not as decoration but as a structural object.
Steel, balance and heat carefully considered, in dialogue between craft, art and architecture.

Designed by CAS Studio.
Built by metalsmith Artur Camponês.

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Field Notes, Vernacular Architecture in Africa.

CAS Studio was forged in 2012, in Manica, Mozambique, through long field based investigation across Southern and Eastern Africa.

From the stone structures of Great Zimbabwe to earthen and reed buildings along the Swahili coast, passing through Manica and Gorongosa, we learned architecture by being on site.

Working with earth, material and craft shaped the way we design today.

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1- Bamboo lattice and earth infill, Pemba, Mozambique
2- Detail of bamboo latice and earth wall, Pemba, Mozambique
3- Dwelling made of bamboo latice and earth, Pemba, Mozambique
4- Adobe houses and courtyard, Manica, Mozambique

👉🏻 Full article at www.cas-at.com/journal