Marcio Kogan - Rejection and rediscovery of modernism (PT) | Architects, not Architecture.

As part of AnA São Paulo in June 2025, we had the opportunity to get to know the architect Marcio Kogan. Check our website for more architecture talks: https://architectsnotarchitecture.com

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About Marcio Kogan:
Marcio Kogan began his professional career as a movie maker to then switch to architecture. We can say though that architecture and cinematography have a lot of similarities: the two arts deal with a spatial and temporal structure. Architecture and Cinema create space that generates experiences, for the most different life’s situations.  Marcio directed 30 short movies and tried directing a long movie, which unfortunately did not reach the expected success. It was at this moment that he decided to dedicate himself completely to architecture. His cinematographic background and themes are still taken into account when he designs: light, widescreen and storytelling. Widescreen influenced a lot of his work and storytelling helps him to imagine a story around the building, where he creates a character who lives and experiences the space. It was in 2014, when he got invited to the Venice Biennale, that he decided to momentarily go back to cinematography and presented a short movie called “This was not my dream”, directed by his son. Today Marcio, among his other passions, loves to collect pieces, gifts that bring back memories. In his office we can find a little museum of objects, going from a clapperboard that he used for his movies to a signed picture of Fellini. mk27.com