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Systems of Clarity

Precision as calm

ART–OTH–ORA

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Precision as calm

ART–OTH–ORA

Precision as calm

Index Code:

ART–OTH–ORA

Orgin:

Havana, Cuba

Field Notes:

precision as calm · geometry as devotion · order as stillness

Defining Moment:

Early 1950s — precision as calm; order clarified

Pedro de Oraá

(

1931–2020

)

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De Oraá built a world measured in quiet intervals.

His modular abstractions pursue stillness through balance — geometry arranged like breath.

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In his world, precision offers peace: reason transformed into atmosphere.

Structural Focus

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Pedro de Oraá’s work, this approach appears where chromatic restraint governs geometry.

Position

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Pedro de Oraá’s work, this approach appears where chromatic restraint governs geometry.

Form is governed by rigid rules, limits, and non-negotiable constraints.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.

Form is constructed through measurable, non-representational means.

Constructed form prioritizes system, function, and collective use.

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Structual Relations

The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

Waldemar Cordeiro

System as civic language

Geometry as ethics

In Dialogue

Movement as order