Isay Weinfeld

In 1996, at the Museu da Casa Brasileira, we presented “Architecture and Humor”, an exhibit in which we analyzed the grave urban problems of the city of São Paulo through mock-ups. Our current exhibit, “Ornithological Architecture”, focuses on insignificant problems of the city, such as the relation between birds and architecture.
With a text surfacing subtleties in each of the designs, this exhibit presents 15 bird houses, ranging from the tucano to the piu-piu (a female cutey-pie Tweety), from the humming bird to the cuckoo.
Through these designs, we criticize the customs of our society. Analogies are, therefore, made between the birds and human beings through the study of their personalities, habits, physical appearance – and even their way of life.
Once again, we show, through architecture, that it is possible to say what is current thought by speaking about serious matters humorously.

Isay Weinfeld and Marcio Kogan