HarmOH
2020 - Built design
A lighting installation and interior design project developed for HarmOH Pairing Bar in Curitiba, Paraná, in collaboration with Fenda Arquitetos. The brief called for a striking interior that would define the bar's identity, attract passersby, and create an atmosphere unlike anything else in the city, all within tight budget and time constraints.
The central concept was fluidity: a dynamic ceiling installation that replicates the organic flow of the adjacent street, bringing movement and rhythm into the interior space. Beyond the lighting, I designed the bar's wall panels parametrically in Rhino and Grasshopper and produced them via CNC routing, creating a cohesive interior language where both the structure and the atmosphere were computationally conceived and digitally fabricated.
I used Grasshopper to develop and iterate on the complex geometries, enabling precise control over form while keeping every element grounded in fabrication constraints. Then, I integrated the plugin ArchiCAD Live Connection for seamless data transfer and integrated documentation throughout the process. I selected and simulated lighting fixtures computationally, balancing aesthetic quality, color temperature, and cost, ensuring the final result was both visually compelling and economically viable.
HarmOH was featured in Rhino3Dzine, McNeel's official publication, as a showcase of advanced computational design applied to interior architecture, a recognition that placed the work in a global conversation about the future of parametric design in built environments.
