Hello
everybody, this post is dedicated to a building that i
fancy a lot in my country and its represents a lot of brazilian
architecture, check it it out:
The Ministry of Education and Health (Ministério
da Educação
e Saúde
– MES) now
named Palacio
Gustavo Campanema,
is
one of the icons of modernism in Brazil. It was Built in 1943 and is
located in the center of the Rio de Janeiro, capital of Brazil at the time.
The project
was designed by a team composed for Lucio Costa, Carlos Leão,
Oscar Niemeyer, Affonso
Eduardo Reidy, Ernani Vasconcelos
and Jorge Machado Moreira, with the consulting of Le Corbusier.
The following reasons justify why
this building has became a symbol of the brazilian
modern architecture:
1) Piloti/Implantation:
The building has 16 stories above the ground (on pilotis),
which has a monumental ceiling height of over nine feet tall. The
permeability created by the pilotis and the central (not aligned to the lot)
implantation of the building resulted in a public square, providing a
harmonious relationship between public and private space.
2)
It has the first curtain-wall in Latin America:
The north
facade of the building is composed of horizontal windows as one of the five
principles of modernism of Le Corbusier.
3)
The use of brise-soleil:
Was one of the first buildings in the world, to make use of the
feature brise-soleil (sun
visor) to avoid direct incidence of solar radiation on its north facade,
providing thermal comfort inside the building.
4)
The roof garden and the avant-garde art:
The presence of a roof garden and outdoor areas designed by the
landscape architect Burle
Marx, as well as the presence of sculptures, paintings and murals by Brazilian
artists of the avant-garde (as Portinari) make the building an icon.
5) The
Geometry:
The project has an independent structure composed by a main
vertical block and two other horizontal blocks located on the same axis,
which "cut” the vertical building, suggesting a visual continuity.
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