Canoas Curve 53
Category: Footwear
Competitions: International
Canoas house is a residential building and an icon of Brazilian modernist architeture, designed in 1951 and built in 1953 by the renowed architect Oscar Niemeyer. Niemeyer concern was to respect the unevennes of the land, combining the house and nature with creative freedom, using organic shapes and freeing them from the rigidity of straight lines. This mule design was inspired by the lines of house translaiting this architectural language into leather , where the white upper refers to both concrete and organic lines. The cylindrical heel with an olive green lining is inspired by the columns that support the building. The internal lining is also olive green, inspired by the interior cladding and the surrounding vegetation of the iconic residence. The blue insole was inspired by the swimming pool , wich features organic shapes and the complements the overall design. This project proposes a new vision of brazilian luxury: discreet, sensual, rooted in modernism and made to last. A vision where leather is not only sustentaible but also symbolic and constructive.
