As part of the FISTA 2024 Ideas Competition, a portico was developed to mark and enhance the access to the event venue, functioning as an element of transition, identification, and communication for the event. The design of the project directly stems from the exploration of the constructive and expressive potential of the pigmented wood fiber panels, the structural material of the proposal, whose use was a requirement of the competition.

This is a temporary installation born in public space and constructed at an urban scale, creating visual interaction with surrounding buildings and providing new urban framing. At the same time, it assumes a subtle presence in the plaza, evoking lightness and seemingly defying gravity through its delicate connection with the ground.

The object is composed of four pieces of equal dimensions, except for one that differs only in length. The interaction between these elements defines an imaginary cube with a higher point where the event’s name is displayed, along with a portico and a bench. Thus, the ensemble functions not merely as an object, but as an architectural piece, establishing a direct relationship between its scale and its use.

Used in its purest form, the material adopts a black color as a continuation of the plaza’s pavement, while differentiating itself from surrounding buildings and reinforcing the autonomy of the composition.