Atelier Caracas Colectivo

Atelier Caracas is a design and architecture studio that looks inward and outward to its home, Venezuela. It is based in Caracas and was founded in 2015 by architects Julio Kowalenko and Rodrigo Armas, who became friends while studying at the prestigious Universidad Central de Venezuela. Their studio is made up of a team of creatives and non-conformists who bring to life projects that are as disparate as their interests, including but not limited to industrial design, public areas, private residences, commercial spaces, pop-ups, all over the world.

Atelier Caracas, which functions as a reference center for formal, aesthetic and cultural research, draws heavily from its local context, pop culture and the everyday, finding in everything around it an opportunity to extract its architectural self, recognizing the same patterns in small and large scales to create engaging spaces and objects that are at once humorous, provocative and symbolically charged.

Over the years, Atelier Caracas has developed a bold portfolio of creative projects that wander through the realms of fine art, architecture and design. Its work has attracted the interest of collectors, brands and international art galleries of distinction in North and Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Their distribution channels include exceptional representation by Galerie Philia (New York, Geneva, Singapore), Collectional Gallery (Dubai) and Lima Modern Gallery (Peru); they have collaborated with international agents such as Ferrari, Sony Music Latin / 5020 Studios, Bartlett School of Architecture and Asociación Venezolana de Conciertos.