Work

Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo

A museum transformation that inserts bridges and new circulation into an existing masonry shell, making reuse feel infrastructural rather than cosmetic.

building

renovated

1993-1998

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Museum renovation

Museum Adaptive Reuse Cultural Building Brick Steel Glass Museum Renovation

Brick Steel Glass

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Gallery

Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo gallery

Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo exterior view

Exterior view of the Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo.

Credit: Wilfredor

Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0 · licensed

Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0

Architects

Bureaus

Books

Architects

Architect

Paulo Mendes da Rocha

1928-2021 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Role: lead architect

Primary

Bureaus

Bureau

Paulo Mendes da Rocha Arquitetos

practice · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Role: designer

Primary

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