This project focuses on the reinterpretation of basic architectural elements and the study of architectural precedents through casted models and analytical collages. The first set of collages intertwines the entrance gate of the Himeji Castle, the stairs of the Architecture and Urbanism College in the University of São Paulo and the wall of the Mausoleo delle Fosse Ardeatine as horizontal, vertical and diagonal elements that weave together to form a composition. The first set of casted models were then based off of these collages and became spatial structures where the stair was redefined and sometimes transformed into walls and entrances.

The next phase of the project involved doing thorough research on the Mosque of Djenne in Mali in order to form an intervention in the space for a researcher. The final analytical collage of the Mosque represents the five times in a day at which Muslims are meant to pray through five rows at different opacities which correspond to the intensity of the sun at that given time. The final intervention is a series of five rows of towers of different heights that spread across the courtyard and consists of places to study, sleep and prepare food for the scholar as well as washing and teaching areas for the visitors of the Mosque. The areas for the scholar are taller and placed outside the mosque while the rows placed inside the mosque become seating, stepping stones and fountains so that the intervention is less present within the religious space.