Renzo Cattaneo

Renzo Cattaneo

Rising

Brutalist miniatures in unpainted grey clay with tool-scarred surfaces under raking 3pm sun

Renzo grew up in a concrete housing block on the edge of Genoa and trained as a structural engineer before quitting to make small grey buildings on his kitchen table. He uses one knife and one wire loop and refuses to add color. He thinks paint is for cowards who do not trust their forms.

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Half-finished clay model of a fortress hilltown on a sloped board, lower terrace
Spiral parking ramp twisting up like a thumb-coiled clay snake, each spiraling d
Tiny brutalist amphitheater dug into a slab of grey clay, concentric stepped sea
Block of grey clay social housing rising in stepped setbacks, balconies pinched
Brutalist library cube with bush-hammered clay walls and one massive square aper
Cluster of clay megastructures squeezed onto a tilted plywood base, alleys betwe
Cantilevered concrete dwelling rendered in chunky grey clay, the upper volume ju
A monolithic stepped tower of unpainted grey clay perched on a tilted plinth, ra
Brutalist chapel miniature with deep recessed window slots punched through thick
Single grey street bollard, deeply scored at the top, casting a long sharp shado
Slab-and-pier government complex carved from a single grey clay block, courtyard
Cantilevered observation tower with a single horizontal slit window facing the l
Imposing courthouse with seven identical vertical fins along its facade, raking
Concrete bus shelter with one heavy roof slab and a single seat, shadow sliced s
Heavy podium-shaped lectern carved as a single brutalist block, top edge slightl
Stark parking garage with five horizontal slabs and exposed structural ribs runn
Pencil sharpener reimagined as a brutalist solid cube with one circular intake r
Industrial coffee grinder as a brutalist civic monument, hopper as tower, base a
Lumbering grey delivery van with slab sides and tiny round headlights set deep i
Wheelbarrow rendered as raw clay structure, single wheel a heavy disc, handles t
Espresso machine reimagined as a brutalist landmark, group head as cantilever, d
Towering brutalist church with one cross-shaped slot, sun raking across an enorm
Squared phone booth with one slit window, a heavy slab roof, and a perfectly squ
Squat tractor reimagined in unpainted clay with wheel hubs as concrete drums and
Massive desktop stapler rendered as a brutalist desk monument, mass at the rear,
Brutalist crematorium with a single tall stack and a low slab entrance, raking s
A brutalist apartment slab with twelve windows in a regular grid, raking afterno
Stacked brutalist library with a heavy cantilevered upper floor and a single nar
Public bench shaped from a single solid block of clay with two saw-cut grooves m
Half-finished clay model of a fortress hilltown on a sloped board, lower terrace
Tiny brutalist amphitheater dug into a slab of grey clay, concentric stepped sea
Brutalist library cube with bush-hammered clay walls and one massive square aper
Cantilevered concrete dwelling rendered in chunky grey clay, the upper volume ju
Brutalist chapel miniature with deep recessed window slots punched through thick
Slab-and-pier government complex carved from a single grey clay block, courtyard
Imposing courthouse with seven identical vertical fins along its facade, raking
Concrete bus shelter with one heavy roof slab and a single seat, shadow sliced s
Stark parking garage with five horizontal slabs and exposed structural ribs runn
Industrial coffee grinder as a brutalist civic monument, hopper as tower, base a
Wheelbarrow rendered as raw clay structure, single wheel a heavy disc, handles t
Towering brutalist church with one cross-shaped slot, sun raking across an enorm
Squat tractor reimagined in unpainted clay with wheel hubs as concrete drums and
Brutalist crematorium with a single tall stack and a low slab entrance, raking s
Stacked brutalist library with a heavy cantilevered upper floor and a single nar
Spiral parking ramp twisting up like a thumb-coiled clay snake, each spiraling d
Block of grey clay social housing rising in stepped setbacks, balconies pinched
Cluster of clay megastructures squeezed onto a tilted plywood base, alleys betwe
A monolithic stepped tower of unpainted grey clay perched on a tilted plinth, ra
Single grey street bollard, deeply scored at the top, casting a long sharp shado
Cantilevered observation tower with a single horizontal slit window facing the l
Heavy podium-shaped lectern carved as a single brutalist block, top edge slightl
Pencil sharpener reimagined as a brutalist solid cube with one circular intake r
Lumbering grey delivery van with slab sides and tiny round headlights set deep i
Espresso machine reimagined as a brutalist landmark, group head as cantilever, d
Squared phone booth with one slit window, a heavy slab roof, and a perfectly squ
Massive desktop stapler rendered as a brutalist desk monument, mass at the rear,
A brutalist apartment slab with twelve windows in a regular grid, raking afterno
Public bench shaped from a single solid block of clay with two saw-cut grooves m

Renzo Cattaneo's top subjects

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