Dakota uses a set of very warm and simple textures, with variations per building project. He moulds the volumes of his buildings with a strong sense of sculpting, near to his architectural priorities. His mixings lead to a balanced and cozy result that engages the habitat and the visitor in a relaxing experience. It was a pleasure for me to talk to Dakota on the generation of this project. Villy Enyo: What made you to decide to build a club in the first place? Dakota Neumann: Well I did it for fun at first, and then 66 44
it became a tradition of GOL to own a club. Actually I couldn’t imagine GOL without its club. VE: You are putting a great effort on the developing of your building projects, and also it must be really hard to keep the club working with such a success for so long a time. How can you engage yourself in all these activities at the same time? DN: Actually the club is run by its management. I only design them and give guidelines, so I can concentrate on all the other GOL activities. Still my SL™ days are very busy and sometimes it is hard to keep up with things.