04 M-ODU
Reconversion and Exploration of Porto’s Former Industrial Slaughterhouse / Work
KKAA + OODA
M-ODU is a photographic essay on architectural transformation.
Documenting the rehabilitation of the former Porto Slaughterhouse by Kengo Kuma and Associates in collaboration with OODA, the project approaches architecture as an evolving system rather than a finished object. Existing matter is not erased but reinterpreted, giving rise to a condition shaped by both permanence and change.
Through the interplay of black and white and color, the book articulates structure and time, memory and presence, revealing an architecture in continuous transformation.
Part of the arch+ collection, M-ODU focuses on process, transformation, and the reinvention of the industrial ruin.
Smyth Sew Binding
20×28cm
ISBN
PVP 40.00€
66 Photographs
Original Technical Drawings
150g matte paper
Softcover
Texts by:
Kengo Kuma, Diogo Brito, Rita Topa and Pedro Cardigo
Edited and photographed by:
Pedro Cardigo
The arch+ is an editorial collection of photographic essays about built architecture.
Each volume in the collection focuses on a specific project, seen not as an isolated object but as an inhabited place, shaped by time, use, and experience. Photography is used as a tool of interpretation, favoring immersive and an author view of architecture.
This collection distances itself from technical monographs and exhaustive documentary records. The books in the series propose a sensitive reading of architecture, exploring the relationship between space, materiality, light, and human presence through a carefully constructed visual narrative.
The collection positions itself as a field of photographic investigation dedicated to architecture as built and lived reality, maintaining a consistent formal identity across its volumes.
