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Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Paulo Mendes da Rocha opened his office in São Paulo in 1955 after graduating in architecture the previous year.
Background & practice
Paulo Mendes da Rocha opened his office in São Paulo in 1955 after graduating in architecture the previous year. An early major project was the city's Athletic Club. His official biography connects his career with the Paulist brutalist movement, teaching and work in the public realm. It discusses the renovation of the Pinacoteca and the Brazilian Sculpture Museum, illustrating how strong structural forms could support civic and cultural uses.
How to read the work
Use concrete and steel to create spatial and civic possibilities, bringing structural clarity into new public buildings and respectful transformations of existing cultural institutions.
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