{"id":16378,"date":"2026-11-05T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/?page_id=16378"},"modified":"2026-11-12T09:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T12:24:10","slug":"entre-a-terra-e-a-agua","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/en\/entre-a-terra-e-a-agua\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Earth and Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling eta-page\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:#FAF7F2;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><section class=\"eta-wrap eta-intro\" aria-labelledby=\"eta-title\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"eta-kicker\">Ceramics \u00b7 earth construction<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"eta-title\">Between Earth<br \/>and Water<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"eta-lead\">Between ceramics and earth construction, clay connects making to places and to memory. Contact with matter opens a field of observation, experimentation and learning.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling eta-page\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:#FAF7F2;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><section class=\"eta-wrap eta-material\" id=\"eta-materia\" aria-labelledby=\"eta-materia-title\">\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-16366\" src=\"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/construir-com-terra\/experimentacao-com-terra-1600x2133.jpg\" alt=\"Amostras de terra avermelhada e cinzenta, em placas e pequenos volumes, sobre t\u00e1buas de madeira.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2133\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/construir-com-terra\/experimentacao-com-terra-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/construir-com-terra\/experimentacao-com-terra-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/construir-com-terra\/experimentacao-com-terra-1600x2133.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption>Earth samples of different colours and consistencies, prepared during a material experimentation activity. Photograph: Gustavo Assis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"eta-material-copy\">\n<p class=\"eta-kicker\">Observing \u00b7 Experimenting \u00b7 Making<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"eta-materia-title\">Learning<br \/>from matter<\/h2>\n<p>Colour, texture, plasticity and response to water: each type of earth has its own way of being worked. Material experience begins by recognising these differences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eta-source-line\">Gesture, tool and time take part in the knowledge built through making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling eta-page eta-poca-container\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:#FAF7F2;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" id=\"eta-poca\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:1000px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none eta-poca-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/entre-a-terra-e-a-agua\/poca-contornos-organicos-terracota.svg\" alt class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling eta-page\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:#C7D4B2;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><section class=\"eta-wrap eta-landscape\" id=\"eta-paisagem\" aria-labelledby=\"eta-paisagem-title\">\n<div class=\"eta-landscape-intro\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"eta-kicker\">Construction and landscape<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"eta-paisagem-title\">Matter<br \/>and time<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earth, wood, render and brick make visible the different materialities of a building. The wall invites observation of the relationships between architecture, transformation and permanence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"eta-wall\"><img class=\"wp-image-16367\" src=\"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/construir-com-terra\/parede-construcao-com-terra-1600x1826.jpg\" alt=\"Parede com revestimento desprendido, estrutura de terra e madeira exposta e alvenaria de tijolo junto a uma porta.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1826\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/construir-com-terra\/parede-construcao-com-terra-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/construir-com-terra\/parede-construcao-com-terra-897x1024.jpg 897w, https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/construir-com-terra\/parede-construcao-com-terra-1600x1826.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/construir-com-terra\/IMG_20240321_224622_843.jpeg 1908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption>Wall with partially detached render, exposing its structure and different building materials. Photograph: Gustavo Assis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling eta-page\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:#FAF7F2;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><section class=\"eta-wrap eta-reading\" id=\"eta-leitura\" aria-labelledby=\"eta-leitura-title\">\n<div class=\"eta-reading-label\">\n<p class=\"eta-kicker\">To Continue<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"eta-leitura-title\">Between making<br \/>and inhabiting<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eta-reading-article\">\n<h3>Building with Earth: Between Matter, Gesture and Landscape<\/h3>\n<p>A reflection on clay, situated knowledge and the relationships between building and inhabiting, drawing on experience with ceramics and an earth construction workshop.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"eta-link\" href=\"\/en\/construir-com-terra-materia-gesto-paisagem\/\">Read the full reflection <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"eta-return\"><a class=\"eta-link\" href=\"\/en\/\">Explore the experiences <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2190<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entre cer\u00e2mica e constru\u00e7\u00e3o com terra, uma aproxima\u00e7\u00e3o ao barro, ao gesto, \u00e0 mem\u00f3ria e \u00e0 paisagem.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16425,"href":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16378\/revisions\/16425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gustavodeassis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}