São Paulo
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CIDADE MATARAZZO, São Paulo – Brasil
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Alexandre Allard is a French entrepreneur best known for the renovation of the Royal Monceau in Paris. Since 2011, he has been developing a real estate and cultural project in São Paulo, Brazil: the Cidade Matarazzo is a former hospital in the centre of São Paulo. After renovating the small chapel, Alexandre Allard called on…
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MMBB : Portrait of Marta Moreira and Milton Braga
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The firm MMBB in São Paulo is run by Marta Moreira and Milton Braga. They describe their architecture as ‘very Brazilian’ in the sense that it is highly attuned to the condition of a developing country. They define their aim as ‘a building that makes people happy’. There is always an intention behind their studies, whether they…
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SESC 24 de Maio – São Paulo, Brazil
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In the very heart of São Paulo, the SESC 24 di Maio is used for several purposes: sport, culture and leisure. It is organised vertically, achieving spatial continuity by means of a ramp and openings. People who go to the theatre in the basement can see the sky if they look up, and people in…
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PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA: Portrait of Paulo Mendes Da Rocha
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Born into a family of Italian immigrants, Paulo Mendes Da Rocha studied architecture at Mackenzie University in São Paulo (Brazil). His desire to become an architect came from his father, who was an engineer. He does not like the word ‘creation’ in architecture. For him, architecture is the result of a thought process guided objectively…
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CASA MASETTI, São Paulo – Brazil
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The Casa Masetti is a house designed by Paulo Mendes Da Rocha in the early 1970s. The architecture was inspired by the cliff on which it is built. The house consists of two spaces: the open, airy ground floor and the living space. Made of concrete, the house is suspended above the ground on four…