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2G 45. Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Recent Work - Obra Reciente | Guilherme Wisnik | 9788425222467 | 2G magazine

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2G 45. Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Recent Work - Obra Reciente

Author:Guilherme Wisnik

Publisher:GG

ISBN: 978-84-252-2246-7

  • Paperback
  • English, Spanish
  • 144 Pages

Paulo Mendes da Rocha (Vitória do Espírito Santo, 1928) received the Pritzker Prize in 2006. Known internationally as a result of the construction of his Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE) in São Paulo, his work embraces many different scales, from magnificent single-family houses, by way of major reforms to important buildings and plans for public space, to enormous urbanistic projects. This issue of 2G displays the Brazilian architect's most recent works (some of them hitherto unpublished), all of them built in collaboration with a series of architecture studios, including the Pinacoteca do Estado, the Praça do Patriarca and the FIESP Cultural Centre, all in São Paulo, a chapel in Recife, and urban schemes for Montevideo Bay, Vigo University campus and the port area in Cagliari. Guilherme Wisnik's 'Architecture of the territory' provides us with a number of clues to understanding Mendes da Rocha's career in the context of Brazil, while a choral interview with the architect and his colleagues enables us to understand the process of collaboration and the development of the projects.

Paulo Mendes da Rocha (Vitória do Espírito Santo, 1928) received the Pritzker Prize in 2006. Known internationally as a result of the construction of his Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE) in São Paulo, his work embraces many different scales, from magnificent single-family houses, by way of major reforms to important buildings and plans for public space, to enormous urbanistic projects. This issue of 2G displays the Brazilian architect's most recent works (some of them hitherto unpublished), all of them built in collaboration with a series of architecture studios, including the Pinacoteca do Estado, the Praça do Patriarca and the FIESP Cultural Centre, all in São Paulo, a chapel in Recife, and urban schemes for Montevideo Bay, Vigo University campus and the port area in Cagliari. Guilherme Wisnik's 'Architecture of the territory' provides us with a number of clues to understanding Mendes da Rocha's career in the context of Brazil, while a choral interview with the architect and his colleagues enables us to understand the process of collaboration and the development of the projects.

Works and projects:

Museum and theatre, Vitória
Montevideo Bay
ERSU Viale la Playa university campus, Cagliari
State Art Museum, São Paulo
National Museum of Fine Art, Rio de Janeiro
FIESP Cultural Centre, São Paulo
Torre del Gallo-Galileo apartment, Florence
Nossa Senhora da Conceição Chapel, Recife
Cândido and Eliana House, São Paulo
Leme Gallery, São Paulo
Housing in Vallecas, Madrid
Parque Dom Pedro II Bus Station, São Paulo
Patriarca Square, São Paulo
SESC Tatuapé Cultural Centre, São Paulo
SIVAM General Co-ordination Centre, Brasilia
Museum Square, the University of São Paulo, São Paulo
Master plan for the campus of Vigo University

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