MOCHARINTO DESIGN GROUP

MINIMALIST
ARCHITECTURE 101
There's beauty in simplicity.
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
TODAY'S DISCUSSION

Common Characteristics
Minimalism by the Numbers
Prominent Minimalist Artists
History of Minimalist Architecture
Famous Minimalist Buildings
Our Partners
Meet the Team
Contact Us
WHAT IS MINIMALIST
ARCHITECTURE?
DESIGN ON A DIET.

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more. It is
mostly presented before an audience. It serves a variety of
purposes, making presentations powerful tools for convincing
and teaching.
WORDS TO LIVE BY

Simplicity is the ultimate

sophistication.

Leonardo Da Vinci
MINIMALIST ARCHITECTURE
DOING MORE WITH LESS.

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more. It is
mostly presented before an audience. It serves a variety of
purposes, making presentations powerful tools for convincing
and teaching.
COMMON CHARACTERISTICS
Open spaces
Presentations are
communication tools that can
be used as demonstrations,
lectures, speeches, reports, and
more. It is mostly presented
before an audience
Clean lines
Presentations are
communication tools that can
be used as demonstrations,
lectures, speeches, reports, and
more. It is mostly presented
before an audience
Pure geometric forms
Presentations are
communication tools that can
be used as demonstrations,
lectures, speeches, reports, and
more. It is mostly presented
before an audience
Presentations are communication tools that can be used as
demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more. It is mostly
presented before an audience. It serves a variety of purposes,
making presentations powerful tools for convincing and teaching.
MINIMALIST ARCHITECTURE

Presentations are communication tools

that can be used as demonstrations.

TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE

Presentations are communication tools

that can be used as demonstrations.
WHY CHOOSE A MINIMALIST DESIGN?
WHY ADOPT MINIMALISM

Timeless aesthetic Stress-free Easier cleaning No visual clutter Ultra modern

environment
MINIMALISM BY THE NUMBERS

80%
of the population seek minimalism

Presentations are communication tools

that can be used as demonstrations.
9 OUT OF 10 8 OUT OF 10

people like open spaces people dislike cluttered

environments
 Alberto Campo Baeza

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.

PROMINENT Kazuyo Sejima

MINIMALIST Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

ARTISTS demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.

Tadao Ando

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.
MINIMALISM ISN'T
JUST A TREND
It's a movement.
 Origins: 1950s

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.

HISTORY OF Post WWII

MINIMALIST Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

ARCHITECTURE demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.

The Present

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.
CREATING A
MINIMALIST STRUCTURE

Presentations are communication tools

that can be used as demonstrations,
lectures, speeches, reports, and more.
Famous Minimalist Buildings

Okinawa House Neuendorf House Bruder Klaus Field The Therme Vals
Chapel

Presentations are Presentations are Presentations are

communication tools that communication tools that Presentations are communication tools that
can be used as can be used as communication tools that can be used as
demonstrations, lectures, demonstrations, lectures, can be used as demonstrations, lectures,
speeches, reports, and speeches, reports, and demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and
more. more. speeches, reports, and more.
more.
Mocharinto Design
Group at Work

Presentations are communication tools

that can be used as demonstrations.
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THE MINIMALISM TREND 30

UPTICK IN INTEREST OVER THE YEARS

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Graphs and charts are visual aids that help add more 10

context to the topic you are discussing.

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Practice Have a respect for space.

Minimalism Presentations are communication tools that can

in Your Home be used as demonstrations.

Strip down to the bare necessities.

Presentations are communication tools that can

be used as demonstrations.

Opt for lighter colors.

Presentations are communication tools that can

be used as demonstrations.
MOCHARINTO DESIGN GROUP
THROUGH THE YEARS

1974 1989 1998 2011 2020

Presentations are Presentations are Presentations are Presentations are Presentations are
communication tools communication tools communication tools communication tools communication tools
that can be used as that can be used as that can be used as that can be used as that can be used as
demonstrations. demonstrations. demonstrations. demonstrations. demonstrations.
Principles of Minimalist Design

ALLOW PLENTY OF SPACE. USE LIGHT AS A DECOR.

Presentations are communication tools that Presentations are communication tools that
can be used as demonstrations, lectures, can be used as demonstrations, lectures,
speeches, reports, and more. speeches, reports, and more.

CHOOSE ONE LET TEXTURES SPEAK

STANDOUT ELEMENT. FOR THEMSELVES.
Presentations are communication tools that Presentations are communication tools that
can be used as demonstrations, lectures, can be used as demonstrations, lectures,
speeches, reports, and more. speeches, reports, and more.
OUR PARTNERS
LONG-TIME COLLABORATORS

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more. It is
mostly presented before an audience.
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Presentations are Presentations are Presentations are

communication tools that can communication tools that can communication tools that can
be used as demonstrations. be used as demonstrations. be used as demonstrations.
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THE DESIGN EXPERTS

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