Brumadinho, MG, Brazil
Arquitetos Associados
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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Photo © Courtesy of Leonardo Finotti |
Located on a sloping terrain, surrounded by forest, this pavilion redesigned the topography so that the volume of the building blends.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Leonardo Finotti |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Leonardo Finotti |
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While defining a cantilevered structure that levitates on the ground. The entry area is defined by means of two levels with major showrooms.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Leonardo Finotti |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Leonardo Finotti |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Leonardo Finotti |
Treated as a continuation of the exterior , the covered square set up a transitional space that organizes the flows, facilities houses and allows visual interaction with the basement room, located 4.5 meters below ground. By contrast, other place of exhibition pavilion is a regular, closed on the upper level defined by the volume of steel cut.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Leonardo Finotti |
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This formal element dominant , built with a steel structure that allows maximum flexibility in interior spaces, features a formal subtle distortions that allow the creation of linear skylights in the main walls.
Description from the Architects:
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| floor plan level 985.20--drawing © Courtesy of Arquitetos Associados |
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| floor plan level 981--drawing © Courtesy of Arquitetos Associados |
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| floor plan level 977.50--drawing © Courtesy of Arquitetos Associados |
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| floor plan level 972.95--drawing © Courtesy of Arquitetos Associados |
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| roof plan--drawing © Courtesy of Arquitetos Associados |
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| west & east elevations--drawing © Courtesy of Arquitetos Associados |
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| south & north elevations--drawing © Courtesy of Arquitetos Associados |
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| section D + B--drawing © Courtesy of Arquitetos Associados |
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| section C + A--drawing © Courtesy of Arquitetos Associados |
Project Data
Project name: Miguel Rio Branco Gallery
Location: Brumadinho, MG, Brazil
Program: Gallery
Built Area: 1540m2
Project Year: 2008
Construction Year: 2008-2010
Completion Year: 2010
Award: 10th Young Architects Prize - built work category - 2nd prize |13th architecture prize of IAB-MG ex-aequo prize - built work - culture
The people
Architects: Arquitetos Associados
Project Architects: Alexandre Brasil, André Luiz Prado, Bruno Santa Cecília, Carlos Alberto Maciel, Paula Zasnicoff
Note>>Location in this map, indicate city/country but not exact address.
