Requena is representative of a new generation of architects and designers involved in the discussion of interactivity and its effects on architecture and design; his work focuses in new digital technologies, cyberculture, hybrid realities, new lifestyles, affective memory and Brazilian culture.
[2] His interest in this field led him to work during nine years as an integrant of the research group “Center of Interactive Living Studies of the University of São Paulo”, which in its turn led him to a master's degree at the University of São Paulo and respective dissertation.
He is creator, screenwriter and host of a show on design in cable/satellite Brazilian television channel GNT called Nos Trinques; its first season aired from March to December in 2011.
[9] In 2012 and 2013 Guto developed design web series for the same channel, recorded in Milan, Paris, Amsterdam and London.
Some of his best-known works are the São Paulo nightclub Hot Hot (2009),[10] the collection of vases Once Upon a Time,[11] the Samba Collection,[12] the 3D printed "Noize Chair",[13] the exhibition Musical Tour of São Paulo,[14] the interactive space for Agência D3 (2011),[15] and the Walmart.com Brazilian headquarters.