PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA: HORIZONTE URBANO = URBAN HORIZONT
Rio de Janeiro: Rio Books; Editora PUC Rio, 2020. b/w plates, ports., plans, elevations, bibliographicalreferences (pages [229]-233), b/w fldg. pict. wrps. Item #114265
The book presents the reading of 12 projects, highlighting the Brazilian Pavilion of Osaka, the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture (MUBE) and the National Museum of Coaches, one of the most recent Mendes da Rocha, located in Lisbon, Portugal. The work of Denise Chini Solot helps us understand the work of this important architect, who, among other international awards, won the Pritzker Prize in 2006 (considered the Nobel Prize in Architecture). CONTENTS: Introdução. Paulo Mendes da Rocha: horizonte urbano = Introduction. Paulo Mendes da Rocha: urban horizon -- A cúpula plana. Ginásio do Clube Atlético Paulistano = The flat dome. Gymnasium of Paulistano Atlético Club -- A fundação de um lugar. Pavilhão Brasileiro de Osaka = The foundation of a place. Brazilian Osaka Pavilion -- Quando a estética a ética. Escola Pública Jardim Calux = When aesthetics is ethics. School Jardim Calux -- O individual, o coletivo e o problema de conciliação. Casas Gêmeas = The individual, the collective and the problem of conciliation. Twin Houses -- Matéria, forma e estrutura. Casa Junqueira, Loja Forma e Casa Gerassi = Matter, form and structure. Junqueira House, Forma Store and Gerassi House -- A dimensão subjetiva da matéria. Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MUBE) = The abstract dimension of the matter. Brazilian Museum of Sculpture (MUBE) -- O complemento sensorial da razão. Capela de São Pedro = The sensory complement of reason. St. Peter’s Chapel -- Antigo o novo redefinidos. Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo = Old the new redefined. Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo -- Uma questão de fluxos. Museu Nacional dos Coches de Lisboa = A matter of flows. National Coach Museum of Lisbon. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXTS.
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