Architects find inspiration for their designs in all sorts of different places. Famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí was inspired by shapes and forms found in nature, Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid relied on calligraphic drawings to visualize her ideas, while Le Corbusier drew inspiration from his frequent travels.
For Brazilian architectural designer Felipe de Castro, the majority of inspiration lies in the items that we see and use on a daily basis. He takes the shapes and properties of everyday objects and turns them into sketches of buildings.
De Castro’s creativity is quite impressive, and no object is impossible to tackle. So far, he has sketched buildings inspired by video game consoles, office supplies, soda cans, tools, and even a stack of crates.
A great thing about De Castro’s architectural designs is that most of them can actually be built in reality despite their unorthodox origins.
“Although it is a practice of drawing and an exercise in creativity, I try to create the drawings in a way that is possible to be built, some are just in concept, but most could be built, “he shared in a recent chat with Bored Panda.
De Castro regularly showcases new building sketches on his Instagram profile, where he has close to 100K followers. Scroll down to check out more of them.
