Atelier Kohlmann Lorentz is an architecture studio founded by Andrya Kohlmann and Rafael Lorentz in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Combining academic research to international experience, it aims to explore the potential of architectural practice as a transformative instance of contemporary culture. Conceived to operate through multiple scales and geographies, the atelier stands as a collaborative interface focused on the design of original solutions pertinent to the realities they hope to improve.
Andrya Kohlmann
Architect, holds a PhD (2021) from UFRGS – PROPAR. Her research was dedicated to the analysis of emerging mixed-use building typologies in the context of the contemporary city, particularly focusing on the assessment of their spatial performance.
She graduated from UFRGS (2011) and received the ‘José Albano Volkmer Prize’ for best diploma project. She holds a master’s degree in Interior and Living Design from Domus Academy in Milan (2012) and a master’s degree in Theory, History and Criticism of Architecture from UFRGS – PROPAR (2016), where she was also teaching assistant to design studio classes.
Over the last years, she gained professional experience collaborating with Italian studios in the development of projects in Switzerland and Italy.
Rafael Lorentz
Architect, holds a PhD from Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio – Università della Svizzera Italiana and from Università IUAV di Venezia (2021). His doctoral dissertation explored the potential of teaching as a space of critical reflection for practice and was awarded the 2021 ‘prize for the promotion of research in art history’ by the Swiss Association of Art Historians.
He graduated from UFRGS (2012), same institution from which he holds a master’s degree in Theory, History and Criticism of Architecture (2016). He was teaching assistant to first-year design studio at Politecnico di Milano (2019), and took part in the organization of the international summer workshop W.A.Ve in Venice (2018-2019).
Along with academic research, he has collaborated on the design of competition projects with local studios in Switzerland.