presentazione/introduction
São Paulo: the difference between city and metropolis testo Marco Casamonti

saggi/essays
São Paulo: urban structure of territorial extension testo Renato Anelli
São Paulo: transformation and preservation for a cosmopolitan culture testo Luís Antônio Jorge
The need of a urban planning culture a dialogue with Elisabete França
What dish would you like to try? testo Fernando Serapião
Leisure in Bo Bardi’s architecture testo Vanessa Grossman

itinerario contemporaneo: São Paulo

scenari di architettura/architectural scenario
Aflalo e Gasperini Arquitetos/Parque da Juventude, São Paulo Library
Hector Zamora/Errante
Isay Weinfeld/Livraria da Vila
Andrade Morettin Arquitetos/Residential Complex
Tryptique/Harmonia 57
Brasil Arquitetura/Atelier Paes Leme
Adriana Levisky, Anna Dietzsch/Victor Civita Plaza
Bernardes Jacobsen Arquitetura/MAA House
spbr/House in Carapicuiba
Vigliecca & Ass./Jardim Vicentina Urban Plan
Biselli + Katchborian arquitetos/Center of Arts and Education of Pimentas
Paulo Mendes da Rocha/School Park of Art and Science

cantiere/building site
Herzog & de Meuron/Cultural Complex Luz

interni/interiors
Pleasure work and a lot of adrenaline testo Maria Helena Estrada
Isay Weinfeld/Havaianas
Muti Randolph/D-Edge

design
“o avesso do avesso do avesso” a dialogue with Fernando Campana
ovo design ltda/Toroid Table by OL!

São Paulo Bibliographical Journey

esiti concorsi/competitions

recensioni mostre e libri/exhibition and book reviews

new media


São Paulo: the difference between city and metropolis

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I may describe Sao Paolo with the eyes of a traveller, because it is impossible for a foreigner to acquire, in a short while, the privilege of discovering this urban…

São Paulo: urban structure of territorial extension

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The geographic position of the city of São Paulo has played a strategic role in aiding the penetration of the internal regions of the continent during the period of the…

São Paulo: transformation and preservation for a cosmopolitan culture

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To realize itself, Brazil needs lyrism, an ability to forget itself, and as to virtues, an ability to surpass itself. Its modern architecture is a masterly lesson of these two…

The need of a urban planning culture

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Marco Casamonti: We often have a superficial vision of São Paulo; a big problem consists of the old town, which is very beautiful but hard to renovate, and then the…

What dish would you like to try?

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The cityscape of São Paulo appears indecipherable to the eyes of its inhabitants. The Italian anthropologist Massimo Canevacci has defined it a polyphonic city. But São Paulo is also an…

Leisure in Lina Bo Bardi’s architecture

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Can leisure reshape architecture, or does it remodel the practice of architecture itself? This question calls to mind the work of Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992), the Italian-born architect who eventually…

Parque da Juventude, São Paulo Library

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Youth Park Developed for a contest promoted by the Sao Paulo State Government, which sought to give new purpose to the Prison Complex of Carandiru, the project is placed in…

Errante

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Errante, an artwork by Héctor Zamora, located at Avenida do Estado, facing the city market, Mercado Municipal de São Paulo, is the first result of the Project Margem, created by…

Livraria da Vila

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The Livraria da Vila is the result of the refurbishment of a two-story house, built on a very narrow plot in São Paulo. From start, it was clear an open…

Residential Complex

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This apartment building is located in a central district of the city of Sao Paulo, close to various urban amenities, such as shops and services. Therefore, it was designed as…

Harmonia 57

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Originally thought as studio/atelier, the Harmonia 57 sits in the heart of Vila Madalena, an artistic neighborhood where street walls and galleries offer a great variety of expressions and occupational…

Atelier Paes Leme

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For her purpose-built studio, the artist was looking for a large space with a high ceiling to allow her large installations to enter, as well as a small office and…

Victor Civita Plaza

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The City of São Paulo, in partnership with Editora Abril, has recently inaugurated Victor Civita Plaza – Open Museum for Sustainability. Located in a central urban area, at the site…

MAA House

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The project of this dwelling is the result of an attempt to meet the requirements of a client who wanted to build a home for himself and for his future…

House in Carapicuiba

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The different levels offered by the site were utilized to arrange the two main programs. The street level was kept free of any enclosed space, it is a kind of…

Jardim Vicentina Urban Plan

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The intervention area is called “Free Area AA-Vicentina”. It is situated in the southwest part of Osasco, in the Jardim Roberto neighborhood. The housing area, on which the intervention is…

Center of Arts and Education of Pimentas

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The Center of Arts and Education of Pimentas is located in Guarulhos, in Pimentas neighborhood, a place with few community equipment directed to education, leisure and sports. The project is…

School Park of Art and Science

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The initial proposal of the Municipality of Santo André consisted of the creation, inside a public park in the city, of a Museum of Sciences for children that was to…

Cultural Complex Luz

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Cultural Complex Luz will consolidate the largest cultural district in Latin America, comprising Sala São Paulo, Universidade Livre de Música, Pinacoteca do Estado, Estação Júlio Prestes, Parque da Luz, Museu…

Pleasure, Work and a lot of Adrenalin

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The first week of the year. Now that Father Christmas has left us, the calendar is projected into the future, we can get back to work undisturbed…. until everything stops…

Havaianas

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Havaianas Sandals, created in 1962, drew their inspiration from the “zori”, traditional Japanese slippers made of rice straw. A product of extremely low cost, for many years they were just…

D-Edge

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When the original D-Edge opened its doors in 2003 in Sao Paulo, it quickly became a world reference in dance floor design. It was the first club to integrate the…

“o avesso do avesso do avesso“

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The Estúdio Campana became known by the furniture design and the creation of intriguing objects. Today, its work volume increased, developing into various universes and is directed to different audiences….

Toroid Table by OL!

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ovo ltda was founded in 1997 by Helena Radesca and Luciano Araujo, in Sao Paulo (Higienopolis). The team is multidisciplinary and deals with architecture, product design, graphic design, web design,…