“那里有镜子， 那些常见的破败的事物， 每一天都带有幻觉， 如同深邃的天体扭曲反射” — ‘Os Espelhos’ [The mirrors], Jorge Luis Borges

“Let there be mirrors, That the usual and worn out repertoire Each day include the illusory Deep orb that warps the reflexes” — ‘Os Espelhos’ [The mirrors], Jorge Luis Borges

“那里有一张桌子，人们可以整天在那里消磨时间。”在第十二届建筑双年展开幕当天，一位Sesc 24 de Maio社区中心的员工指出。合作者们在窗边交谈，他们的评价印证了装置的意图：“所见之物亦在回望我们。”

“And there is the table of the man who plays patience all day,” pointed out a Sesc 24 de Maio employee on the opening day of the 12th Architecture Biennial. Captured in the midst of the chattering that was taking place by the window, the commentary among co-workers confirmed the intentions of the installation ‘What we see looks back at us’.

▼装置外观，external view of the installation ©André Scarpa

在双年展策展人的邀请下，巴西-阿根廷建筑事务所Vão与Adamo-faiden合作，特别设计了这个作品。计划中，装置应被安装在主题是“日常生活报告”的轴线上，并且与Sesc 24 de Maio社区中心的环境相适应。

对于Paulo Mendes da Rocha和MMBB共同完成的Sesc项目来说，日常生活是一个本质的主题。从外观来看，人们可以看到建筑表面反射周边环境；到了建筑内部望向室外，人们会发现这个巨大的装置消解在了圣保罗中心区域之中。装置的开口和框架拉近了使用者与周边街道上的活动和建筑之间的距离。

At the invitation of the Biennial’s curators, the Brazilian-Argentinian team of architecture offices, Vão and Adamo-faiden, was formed especially for this work. As a premise, the device should be conceptually inserted in the thematic axis ‘Reports of Daily Life’ as well as be related to the context of Sesc 24 de Maio.

Daily life is an intrinsic theme of the Sesc project developed by Paulo Mendes da Rocha and MMBB. Both externally, from where one can see the surroundings reflected in its facades, and internally, in the invitations to look at life outside, the mass built of the great equipment is diluted in the central area of São Paulo. Openings and frames along the way visually bring users closer to the movement of the streets and buildings present in the surroundings.

▼适应周边环境，adapt to the context ©Javier Augustín Rojas e vão

11层上设有一道不带玻璃和窗框的全景开口，是与城市对话的高潮。电梯门打开，在洞口逐渐展现的景色的吸引下，人们自动来到建筑边缘，俯瞰城市。观景点旁有一间咖啡店，人们会长时间地坐在这里，观察由摩天大楼组成的景观。

在去往咖啡厅楼层的路上，会看到混凝土墙面中的开窗。这些窗外的景色并没有那么吸引人，主要是为了和旁边距离仅有7米的建筑分享自然光照。Sesc的员工每天——当然不是全天——都会站在这里，透过这些位于交通核心出入口之间的短暂间隔观察外界。

A panoramic opening, without glass or frames, present on the 11th floor is the apex of the dialogue established with the city. Seduced by the view promptly unveiled at the opening of the elevator doors, we are automatically drawn to the edges to see the city from above. Next to a café, the viewpoint is the place where people spend a long time sitting to observe the landscape composed by the skyscrapers.

There were a few trips to the floor of the café-maintainer to pay attention to a window in the concrete wall. The view, much less attractive, reveals a retreat to shared natural lighting with the neighboring building, located only 7 meters away. This is where the Sesc employees, not all day but every day, practice standing observation in short breaks between the entrances and exits of the circulation core.

▼从Sesc看向装置所在的窗口，view to the opening with the installation from Sesc ©Javier Augustín Rojas e vão