{"id":4293,"date":"2026-02-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4293"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:00:00","slug":"a-celestial-nest-by-atelier-yokyok-lands-on-a-former-farm-in-eastern-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4293","title":{"rendered":"A Celestial Nest by Atelier Yokyok Lands on a Former Farm in Eastern Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On a promontory in eastern Portugal overlooking the Hispano-Portuguese plateau and the gorges of the Rio Erges, a spherical installation sits amid brush and old stone walls. A project of Paris-based studio Atelier Yokyok<\/a>, \u201cNinho Globo\u201d is made of a local black rock called schist. The material lends a dramatic effect in contrast to the sky and the windswept area of Salvaterra do Extremo, a town nestled in this rocky area bordering Spain.<\/p>\n

Atelier Yokyok is a four-person design studio founded by architects Samson Lacoste and Luc Pinsard and joined by Laure Qaremy and Pauline Lazareff. Evocative of Andy Goldworthy<\/a>\u2019s slate interventions in the form of portals and cones, \u201cNinho Globo\u201d evokes a nest, a planet, or a giant seed pod tumbling through the landscape. Its title translates from Portuguese to mean \u201cglobe nest,\u201d and its stark, otherworldly beauty challenges how we think about places of comfort and safety.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNinho Globo\u201d inhabits a former pig farm, where numerous walled pens known as furdas <\/em>have been constructed from dry stone on a natural granite base. \u201cIt creates a small landscape strongly shaped by human intervention and endowed with heritage and archaeological significance,\u201d says a statement. The installation invites visitors to step inside and pause, meditate on material and the surrounding environment, or simply get out of the wind.<\/p>\n

Atelier Yokyok chose a sphere to evoke celestial bodies and \u201can awareness of the planet as a shared place,\u201d the team says. \u201cIt recalls its mineral origins\u2026It embodies both stability and potential movement, gravity and balance. It conveys a sense of permanence, while engaging the body of those who experience it in a physical and spatial relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pavilion is bisected by a deep, jagged space that the studio refers to as \u201cThe Canyon,\u201d mirroring its rugged surroundings and creating a unique tension between its function as a shelter. Its goal is open-ended. \u201cIs it a nest or a planet?\u2026Can it be used? It challenges our relationship to the common good: how can it be used responsibly so that it endures? Who will come after us?\u201d<\/p>\n

See more on Atelier Yokyok\u2019s Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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