Mystery & Meloncholy

Collage 841mm X 594mm

Beach House Render

UJ Strikes AGAIN....

Once agian Architecture Students at the University Of Johannesburg(UJ) strike again. Students Win First and Second Prize in the OpenThinkBox 2008 Competition, as well the collecting Merit Award (2nd Prize) in the PG Bison Competition. Read More...













Sergio Murry at the Award Evening

See Competition entries below.

Open ThinkBox 2008 Competition Winning Design

The Concept is based on the ribbon and it 's superimposition on the rapid movement of taxis through the grid lock street system. The idea that displaced children have a haven within the chaos of the commercial urban precinct.
The design allows for external advertising with the use of panels that subliminally have resemblance to the grid lock road system.
The children romanticize the taxi as visual elements and not as destructive one. The Play of soft and hard edges suggests the idea of tire to tar.


Passage & Image: Sergio Murray

PG Bison Student of the Year Competition-Merit Award Entry.

The Concept is Parasitic. The Age Of Marketing.Where the old city made use of street vendors. The new city makes use of sky hawkers and like a street vendor bleeding onto the street. The parasite bleeds into the negative space.

Extract & Images: Sergio Murray

Wassily Chair Render

Wassily chair also known as the Model B3 chair, Designed by Marcel Breuer (1925-1927)










This is the most copied of all Breuer's chairs. The frame was originally made from bent, nickelled, tubular steel. It later became chrome plated. The seat and the back are made from canvas , fabric or leather.. It was designed for Kandinsky's quarters at the Dessau Bauhaus. It was at the time quite revolutionary in its use of tubular steel. It was inspired by an Adler bike.
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Passage: www.design-technology.org

China??? Taiwan ??? No-Bronkhorstspruit....

Nah Hua Buddist Temple -Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa.














Photo Taken: MANSHON

Texture Warehouse

Free high resolution textures for designers and 3D Artists at www.texturewarehouse.com

Utopian Dream

House Ngobeni

Architects: Sergio Chinelli Architects
Rendering: MANSHON

Sergio Chinelli Architects

Sergio Chinelli and his design team strive to achieve excellence in architecture through a fresh, open-minded approach to design. To achieve this, we work in close consultation with our clients at all stages of the design and construction processes.

Our Goal

We are committed to excellence through a combination of expertise and experience. Our living spaces amalgamate comfort, serenity, beauty and versatility with security, function and convenience. Each home is a reflection of the client’s personality, lifestyle and needs.

Passage: www.sergiochinelli.co.za

Retrofit of a Ruin

This was my Final Design Project for 2008. The Project consisted of A Design for a new African art museum using the existing buildings on the abandoned site (Egoli Gas Works)...Hence Title Retrofit...

Modern Living

Exterior Courtyard that i have been working on.
Modeled in Sketchup 7 and rendered in Kerkythea 2008