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MARCIO KOGAN, founder of Brazilian practice Studio MK27, is a lively and witty interviewee. I tell him that his work is well-known by Australian architects and that his treatment of the indoor/outdoor room, often positioned under an enormous cantilever, has gained some traction here. “I will send them a bill,” he quips.

One of his latest completed projects for longstanding client Micasa, an upmarket São Paulo furniture store, is a minimalist exhibition, event and living space for visiting artists. This spare building channels a certain Japanese restraint through the use of structural 15-metre laminated timber beams that combine with a skin of translucent takes the viewpoint of a curious insect. Spoiler alert: Kogan, in a walk-through role, crushes the tiny voyeur underfoot at the video’s close.