Pedro Kok (1984), brazilian photographer, has as field of work and research the photography and videography of architecture, urban structures and cities. Graduate architect from the Architecture and Urbanism Faculty of the University of São Paulo in 2009. Master of Arts in Fine Arts by the Hoogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (MaHKU) in 2011.
Has contributed with photographs and videos for several international publications, such as Domus (IT); ArchitectuurNL (NL); AU, Projeto Design, ARCDesign (BR), Okolo (CZ); and online publications ArchDaily, PlataformaArquitectura, Dezeen and DesignBoom.
Also contributed for exhibitions and archives of the Centre Georges Pompidou (FR), Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo – MAM and Tomie Ohtake Institute (BR).
Pedro is based in São Paulo, Brazil and Utrecht, the Netherlands, and is available for assignments worldwide.
2011 Domus 951. Expansion of the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel. Photography and videos.
2011 Domus 951. Villa 4.0 in the Netherlands. Photography and videos.
2011 Domus 950. Pedestrian bridge in Oberhausen, Germany. Cover photo, photography and videos.
2011 Domus 950. Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland. Photography and videos.
2011 Metropolis M #4. Starters, by Laurie Cluitmans. Photography and profile.
2011 Domus 947. Metropol Parasol, Sevilla, Spain. Photography and video.
2011 Domus 943. Marcel Wanders Studio, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Photography and video.
2010 Architectural Digest Russia. Rietveld Pavilion, Otterlo, the Netherlands. Photography.
2010 ArchitectuurNL #09. Rietveld Pavillion, Otterlo, the Netherlands. Photography.
2010 Vogue Australia. Auditório Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil. Photography.
2010 H.O.M.E. Deutschland. Casa 6, São Paulo, Brazil. Photography.
2010 Revista AU 200. Lajeado square, São Paulo, Brazil. Photography.
2010 Revista AU 197. Industry in Mogi-Mirim, Brazil. Photography.
2010 Revista pós – FAUUSP. Cover photography.
2010 Print publication of the exhibition “Viver na Floresta”. Photography.
2010 OKOLO. Arquitetura modernista Brazileira. Photography.
2009 Book ‘Música nas Montanhas: 40 anos do Festival de Inverno de Campos do Jordão’. Photography.
2009 Book ‘Ruy Ohtake – Arquitetura e Cidade”. Photography.
2009 Revista Projeto Design 351. São Bernardo do Campo building, Brazil. Photography.
2009 Revista Projeto Design 351. SESC School Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photography.
Exhibitions
2011 Projeto Rabbit. São Paulo, Brazil. Photography and video.
2011 L’Architecture Néerlandaise : Un Tour d’Horizon. Casablanca, Morocco. Photography.
2011 Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Europalia @ Bozar, Brussels, Belgium. Screening of short-movie PMR 29′.
2011 Architecture Visions / Erratic language in architectural narratives. Fondazione Maxxi, Rome, Italy. Screening of short movie “Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Cascais, Portugal”.
2011 Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Centro Universitário Maria Antonia da USP, São Paulo, Brazil. Screening of short-movie PMR 29′.
2011 Share the Square. Academie Gallery, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Curated by Mika Hannula. Vídeos.
2011 O coração da cidade. Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil. Curated by Júlio Katinsky. Photography.
2011 Room ‘Paulo Mendes da Rocha’. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, França. Photography.
2010 Viver na Floresta. Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil. Curated by Abílio Guerra. Photography and videos.
Short-movies
2011. Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland. 3m32s.
2011 J. Mayer. H.’s Metropol Parasol, Sevilla, Spain. 2m30s.
2011 Marcel Wanders’ Studio at Westerhuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 2m19s.
2011 Jaume Fuster Library at Plaça de Lesseps, Barcelona, Spain. 1m30s.
2011 Botanical Gardens of Barcelona, Spain. 1m08s.
2011 Portugal Pavilion at the Expo ’98, Lisbon, Portugal. 2m00s.
2011 Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Cascais, Portugal. 1m52s.
2010 Three buildings in Hansaviertel, Berlin, Germany. 1m59s.
2010 Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo – FAUUSP, Brazil. 2m45s.
2010 Praça do Patriarca, São Paulo, Brazil. 1m30s.
2010 “Color, Cut & Rust” exhibition by Alberto Martins. 1m30s.
2010 Rolex Learning Center at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. 1m30s.
2010 VitraHaus, Weil am Rhein, Germany. 1m30s.
2010 Fundaciò Vila Casas / Museo Can Framis, Barcelona, Spain. 1m32s.
2010 Marquise do Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil. 2m44s.
2009 Casa Modernista da Rua Santa Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil. 1m29s.
2009 Galeria Adriana Varejão / Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil. 2m14s.
Education 2010-2011 Master in Arts in Fine Arts, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht. Honors.
2004-2009 Graduation in Architecture and Urbanism. Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo. Honors.
Biography & contact
Pedro Kok (1984), brazilian photographer, has as field of work and research the photography and videography of architecture, urban structures and cities. Graduate architect from the Architecture and Urbanism Faculty of the University of São Paulo in 2009. Master of Arts in Fine Arts by the Hoogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (MaHKU) in 2011.
Has contributed with photographs and videos for several international publications, such as Domus (IT); ArchitectuurNL (NL); AU, Projeto Design, ARCDesign (BR), Okolo (CZ); and online publications ArchDaily, PlataformaArquitectura, Dezeen and DesignBoom.
Also contributed for exhibitions and archives of the Centre Georges Pompidou (FR), Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo – MAM and Tomie Ohtake Institute (BR).
Pedro is based in São Paulo, Brazil and Utrecht, the Netherlands, and is available for assignments worldwide.
Complete c.v.
Publications
2011 Domus 951. Expansion of the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel. Photography and videos.
2011 Domus 951. Villa 4.0 in the Netherlands. Photography and videos.
2011 Domus 950. Pedestrian bridge in Oberhausen, Germany. Cover photo, photography and videos.
2011 Domus 950. Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland. Photography and videos.
2011 Metropolis M #4. Starters, by Laurie Cluitmans. Photography and profile.
2011 Domus 947. Metropol Parasol, Sevilla, Spain. Photography and video.
2011 Domus 943. Marcel Wanders Studio, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Photography and video.
2010 Architectural Digest Russia. Rietveld Pavilion, Otterlo, the Netherlands. Photography.
2010 ArchitectuurNL #09. Rietveld Pavillion, Otterlo, the Netherlands. Photography.
2010 Vogue Australia. Auditório Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil. Photography.
2010 H.O.M.E. Deutschland. Casa 6, São Paulo, Brazil. Photography.
2010 Revista AU 200. Lajeado square, São Paulo, Brazil. Photography.
2010 Revista AU 197. Industry in Mogi-Mirim, Brazil. Photography.
2010 Revista pós – FAUUSP. Cover photography.
2010 Print publication of the exhibition “Viver na Floresta”. Photography.
2010 OKOLO. Arquitetura modernista Brazileira. Photography.
2009 Book ‘Música nas Montanhas: 40 anos do Festival de Inverno de Campos do Jordão’. Photography.
2009 Book ‘Ruy Ohtake – Arquitetura e Cidade”. Photography.
2009 Revista Projeto Design 351. São Bernardo do Campo building, Brazil. Photography.
2009 Revista Projeto Design 351. SESC School Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photography.
Exhibitions
2011 Projeto Rabbit. São Paulo, Brazil. Photography and video.
2011 L’Architecture Néerlandaise : Un Tour d’Horizon. Casablanca, Morocco. Photography.
2011 Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Europalia @ Bozar, Brussels, Belgium. Screening of short-movie PMR 29′.
2011 Architecture Visions / Erratic language in architectural narratives. Fondazione Maxxi, Rome, Italy. Screening of short movie “Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Cascais, Portugal”.
2011 Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Centro Universitário Maria Antonia da USP, São Paulo, Brazil. Screening of short-movie PMR 29′.
2011 Share the Square. Academie Gallery, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Curated by Mika Hannula. Vídeos.
2011 O coração da cidade. Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil. Curated by Júlio Katinsky. Photography.
2011 Room ‘Paulo Mendes da Rocha’. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, França. Photography.
2010 Viver na Floresta. Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil. Curated by Abílio Guerra. Photography and videos.
Short-movies
2011. Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland. 3m32s.
2011 J. Mayer. H.’s Metropol Parasol, Sevilla, Spain. 2m30s.
2011 Marcel Wanders’ Studio at Westerhuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 2m19s.
2011 Jaume Fuster Library at Plaça de Lesseps, Barcelona, Spain. 1m30s.
2011 Botanical Gardens of Barcelona, Spain. 1m08s.
2011 Portugal Pavilion at the Expo ’98, Lisbon, Portugal. 2m00s.
2011 Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Cascais, Portugal. 1m52s.
2010 Three buildings in Hansaviertel, Berlin, Germany. 1m59s.
2010 Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo – FAUUSP, Brazil. 2m45s.
2010 Praça do Patriarca, São Paulo, Brazil. 1m30s.
2010 “Color, Cut & Rust” exhibition by Alberto Martins. 1m30s.
2010 Rolex Learning Center at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. 1m30s.
2010 VitraHaus, Weil am Rhein, Germany. 1m30s.
2010 Fundaciò Vila Casas / Museo Can Framis, Barcelona, Spain. 1m32s.
2010 Marquise do Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil. 2m44s.
2009 Casa Modernista da Rua Santa Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil. 1m29s.
2009 Galeria Adriana Varejão / Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil. 2m14s.
Projects and other participations
2011 “Imaginable cities: tales from Saint Gertrudes”. Literature, photography, vídeos, drawings, image production, book, exhibition.
2011 “Project Heracles call for ideas”. Domus / The Gopher Hole. Postal card.
2010 Director of photography in short-movie “PMR 29′ – 29 minutos com Paulo Mendes da Rocha”.
2009 “Registros fotográficos de arquitetura. As obras dos jovens arquitetos da FAUUSP”. Photography, book, exhibition.
Education
2010-2011 Master in Arts in Fine Arts, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht. Honors.
2004-2009 Graduation in Architecture and Urbanism. Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo. Honors.