Oscar Niemeyer
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1996
Photo: Ulli Zupin
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It was only after Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021) received the Pritzker Prize in 2006 that the German-speaking world really took note of his work, a circumstance that was also reflected by the basically non-existing German-language literature on the Brazilian master. An exception to this day is Annette Spiro’s monograph „Paulo Mendes da Rocha - Bauten und Projekte/Buildings and Projects“, published by Niggli in 2002. In it Spiro, architect herself and since 2007 professor at ETH Zurich, collects 37 of PMdR’s projects and provides an in-depth analysis of his design principles and the fundamentals of his architecture. Beginning with the basic components of architecture, i.e. site, shelter, cantilevers and pillars, Spiro elucidates Mendes da Rocha’s arrangement of these components and reasoning behind it. From this she then changes over to explaining the interrelationship between these components in the architect’s designs: PMdR’s architecture is characterized by a close relationship with ground and site, a particular light regime but also by the contrastive pairs horizontal vs. vertical planes and voids vs. filled spaces. After this introduction to Mendes da Rocha’s architectural principles the author presents a thorough catalogue of his works that ranges from Club Atlético Paulistano gymnasium to the University of São Paulo museums. With each project being discussed in illustrative texts and supplemented with drawings, plans and photographs the reader receives in-depth information on Mendes da Rocha’s built and unbuilt designs, visually stunning and highly readable. Thus, Annette Spiro’s monograph, irrespective of the fact that it is the only comprehensive publication on Mendes da Rocha also in German, still is a valuable publication that rivals many other and later released books.
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Canto superior esquerdo da fachada do Theatro da Paz.
Upper left corner of the Theatro da Paz front!
Belém, PA. 2023-10-31
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PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA
CASA GERASSI, 1991
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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So, in Brazilian architecture, urbanism, and politics news, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued a decree to prohibit the use of materials, structures, equipment, and hostile construction techniques in open spaces for public use that have as their objective or result the removal of homeless people, elderly people, young people, children, people with disabilities, and other segments of the population.
The decree regulates item XX of the caput of art. 2nd of Law No. 10,257, of July 10, 2001, previously included by Law No. 14,489, of 2022, the Padre Júlio Lancellotti Law, named in honour of a priest who is a famous activist against hostile architecture.
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Brazilian Aesthetic
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