INFORMATION of 6 June 2013
Frankfurt am Main
NOVE NOVOS – EMERGING ARCHITECTS FROM BRAZIL
20 September 2013 — 19 Januar 2014
Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM,
Schaumainkai 43, Frankfurt am Main,
2nd+3rd Floor
EXHIBITION OPENING:
Thu, 19 September 2013, 19.00
PRESS CONFERENCE:
Wed, 18 September 2013, 11.00
GUIDED TOURS:
Will not begin until 5 Otober, on Saturdays and
Carla Juaçaba, Humanidade 2012 Pavilion, Rio de Janeiro\RJ ©
Photo: Leonardo Finotti
Sundays 14.00
OPEN:
Tue, Thu — Sun 11.00 — 18.00 \ Wed 11.00 — 20.00
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YOUNG ARCHITECTS FOR A NEW BRAZIL
At the tail end of the 1950s, a young Latin American country listed modernity as a national statute, with
the construction of a new capital whose main buildings instantly took their place in international books
on the history of architecture. The institutional buildings of Brasília were designed by Pritzker Prize
winner Oscar Niemeyer. The trademarks of this heroic and tropical modernity are sweeping lines,
unusually bold constructions with conspicuous or white-painted concrete protrusions, and sensually
curvaceous forms.
The economic and political stability of the country at the onset of the millennium drew Europe’s attention
to Brazil. Just prior to the country holding two worldwide sporting events, the international architectural
scene wonders: What are young Brazilian architects producing?
Nove Novos presents the approaches of the youngest generation of Brazilian architects. For them, the
economically dynamic Brazil of today represents an opportunity to build extensively and to shape the
country significantly, perhaps for the first time since Niemeyer. The youngest of the architects introduced
are less than 30 years old, and nearly all of them are under 40. However, many of them can already boast
an extraordinarily wide range of buildings, not only in terms of the number of projects, but also in terms
of scale. The presented works, private residential buildings, administrative buildings, sporting venues,
commercial buildings, and museums show that even the youngest Brazilian architecture has long since
reached world-class standards. Particular attention is paid on the second floor to the Inhotim garden
world in the state of Minas Gerais. The wealthy mine owner Bernardo Paz has created an art and
architecture park here that is quite unique the world over.
PROJECTS SHOWN IN THE EXHIBITION
Inhotim, Minas Gerais
In the small town Brumadinho near Belo Horizonte, there is Inhotim – a contemporary art museum
located in the great outdoors. Conceived by Bernardo Paz, an iron ore magnate who put 250 million
dollars into the project, Inhotim possesses works by Brazilian and foreign artists. In the beginning, Paz’s
collection counted on only two activities: art and landscaping. As a friend of Burle Marx, Paz transformed
Inhotim into a botanical garden. Architecture was not part of the scene: the works were kept in ordinary
warehouses. This all changed when the collector invited Adriana Varejão, one of the most prominent
Brazilian artists, to have a pavilion of her own in Inhotim. He gave her carte blanche regarding the
architect who would design the space. She choose 29-year-old Paula Zasnicoff Cardoso. She remained at
Inhotim for three years. During that time, in addition to handling technical assignments (for example,
designing the set for exhibitions), she undertook several projects, such as the adaptation of the old joinery
into a gallery, moving Hélio Oiticica’s drawing to the »Magic Square« (1977), aiding Valeska Soares with
»Folly« (2005) and Rivane Neuenschwander with »Continente/nuvem« (2008). Together with
Colombian Carlos Granada, she co-designed the Gallery Doris Salcedo (2006-2008) that houses
»Neither« (2004). Paula also participated in the design of Matthew Barney and Doug Aitken’s pavilions.
Later she embarked with her husband Alexandre Brasil — a member of Arquitetos Associados – on the
design of the Burle Marx Education Center (2006-2009). Two years after designing the educational
center, the team of Arquitetos Associados was commissioned to develop a package of three projects: the
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Gallery Miguel Rio Branco (2008-2010), the Cosmococas Gallery (2008-2010) and the Grande Gallery
(2008-2013).
The Gallery Tunga (2011-2012) opened in September 2012. The construction was designed by the Rizoma
office, from Belo Horizonte. Upon returning from their studies abroad Thomaz Regatos and Maria Paz,
the niece of Bernardo Paz, had already received a series of small commissions, such as restrooms and
snack bars. Afterwards, in 2008, they founded Rizoma. By now they have finished the local Botanical
Shop (2009-2010) and the Oiticica Restaurant (2010), apart from another gallery. Currently, they are
working on the master plan and the pavilion for lighting designer Ingo Maurer.
ArQuitetos Associados
Burle Marx Education Center (2006-2009) Brumadinho, MG
This building was created to give the Instituto Inhotim a clear image as an educational establishment and
increase the potential for its vocational activities linked to the community of Brumadinho. The architects
were initially encouraged to use the edge of one of the artificial lakes in the complex. Given how restricted
space was in relation to the program, the designers suggested something improbable: to build the center
almost entirely on top of the lake. The building is accessed through an outdoor amphitheater. With a
single floor, the education center has libraries, studios and an auditorium with 210 seats. These spaces
compose a U-shaped ground plan. The roof, which also works as a bridge, grabs the eye. There, an
elevated square with a gardened reflecting pool shelters the work »Narcissus Garden Inhotim« (2009) by
the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. There are 500 stainless steel balls floating on the reflecting pool that
move in the wind.
BCMF Arquitetos
National Sport Shooting Center – PAN 2007 (2005-2007) Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Designed for the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, this sports complex hosted the equestrian
events, shooting, archery, hockey, and the pentathlon. Despite being a building for a temporary event,
attention was also paid to its legacy: the design foresaw the use of the space as a sports training club
following the Games. The formal composition is simple in order to guarantee the unity of the complex,
which was built with prefabricated materials. It consists of five centers (shooting, archery, field hockey,
modern pentathlon, and equestrianism), each made up of a mixed system of concrete cast in situ, precast
concrete and metal.
Carla Juaçaba
Pavilion Humanidade 2012 (2011/2012) Rio de Janeiro, RJ
This temporary pavilion was built to house parallel activities during the international UN Rio +20
conference. Seminars, workshops, and debates — especially on environmental issues — took during that
time place in the ephemeral building. Humanidade 2012 ran for ten days in June 2012 and attracted
about 200,000 visitors. Juaçaba created the space by taking advantage of the modules and spans of the
scaffolding used frequently in the roof and floor structure of temporary events. However, instead of solely
acting as supports for tents, the scaffolding served as a massive hollow pavilion. Between load-bearing
alleys, closed boxes were mounted on their longer sides and suspended to shelter the program. The boxes
on three different levels appear to float. They sheltered exhibitions, meeting areas, a food court, a
multipurpose hall and an auditorium that seated 500 with a ceiling height of ten meters. A smaller
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auditorium offered a view over the sea. The voids were also occupied by the access ramps, from which
visitors could enjoy a view of the landscape.
Rizoma
Gallery Lygia Pape (2010-2012) Brumadinho, MG
This gallery in Inhotim was created to permanently display a single piece, »Ttéia1C« (2002), an important
work by Lygia Pape, who passed away in 2004. The piece is an installation with golden threads, organized
from floor to ceiling in stretched elements placed at various angles. Installed in a dimly lit room, the wires
appear to float in the space. According to the architectural duo, a major concern of the proposal was to
ensure that the architecture would not clash with the work. The pavilion is deployed on a small plateau
buried at the highest level of a sloping terrain. Made completely of concrete, the pavilion rests on a square
footprint with 21-meter sides and a sixmeter high ceiling. In allusion to Pape’s work, the volume gains
movement through the twist between the base and the top of the cube, and the lateral sides take on
different angles. The building shall be overgrown by ivy in order to minimize its visual impact on the
natural environment. Intentionally hermetic, the asymmetric block possesses but a single slit-shaped
window on the wall opposite the entrance, just enough to permit the essential amount of sunlight to find
its way into the building, and to provide ventilation. All this guarantees a level of darkness that does not
compromise the integrity of the beams of light that make up the work.
Corsi Hirano ArQuitetos
TRT Law Courts Complex (2007-2012) Goiânia, GO
The complete program of the Goiás Law Courts Complex ran to about 50,000 square meters and was
meant to occupy a plot of 210 × 100 meters in a residential neighborhood with several preexisting
buildings already in use by the authority, the lion’s share of them to be demolished. The design defined
two distinct volumes, one white and one black, separated by an elevated public square from which the
oval dome of the plenary chamber emerges. The first part of the complex, which encloses the courthouse
and corresponds to the black volume, was inaugurated in 2012. It offers 30,000 square meters of space
and the architects state that this straight-edged monolith embodies the neutrality of a democratic space.
During daytime, it is a concrete element; in the evening, it becomes crystal-like. The dark color is the
result of an outer skin of silkscreen glass that helps protect against solar radiation. Access is via two
squares. One is external, 100 × 60 meters, and is located between the white and black blocks, and is open
to the public; the internal one is inside the second block. The courthouse includes reception and waiting
areas, court rooms, judges’ quarters and OAB ’s office. In the second phase, which has not yet started, the
white volume will be built for appeals court judges, judges and prosecutors.
Jacobsen Arquitetura
ML Residence (2008-2010) Porto Feliz, SP
Located within a gated community in Porto Feliz, this weekend house was built for a couple with small
children. The architectural design approach is clear: a square ground plan, with sides of 30 meters is
home to approximately 900 square meters of built living space; the structure also features a square
courtyard in the middle. Verandas enclosed by vertical slatted wood panels and with metal pillars define
the outer and inner perimeters of the house. The central courtyard enhances the levels of natural light and
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a cooling breeze. The building is elevated from the ground and the walls do run as high as the roof (except
in the living area where the ceiling height is greater). The same type of wood used on the floors was used
to line the ceiling. The social wing is to the north — at the back of the plot — and opens out onto the
garden and pool. To the east are the bedrooms, to the west are the service areas, and facing south, looking
out to the street, is the home entertainment room.
Metro Arquitetos Associados
Nestlé Chocolate Museum (2009-2011) Caçapava, SP
The Nestlé factory in Caçapava, was designed by Maurício Kogan in the 1970s. The museum showcases
the chocolate manufacturing process in a visitor’s tour. The visit begins in a small auditorium in an area
outside of the plant; this is also the start of the information tour. Then, visitors walk along an axis, under
a canopy with a preexisting section and a new part built by the team, here the interventions are marked in
red, the corporate color. Two steel towers encased in red laminated glass and perforated screens mark the
entrance and exit of the visitors’ tour circuit. The towers are connected to the factory via a perforated
metal catwalk that spans a works road. Both towers and the catwalks are structured by tubular steel
profiles and form braces that convey a sense of movement. The circuit is subdivided into 12 themes
(following each stage of production), each with its very own color, soundtrack, and scenery.
Nitsche Arquitetos Associados
Building João Moura 1144 (2008-2012) São Paulo, SP
This office building is located in a transition zone in São Paulo. It is constructed on a lot with two fronts
and a 14-meter level shift between João Moura (lower) and Cristiano Viana streets. The building is built
essentially on some raised pilotis. A metal walkway connects the raised ground floor to the level below on
Cristiano Viana Street. The lateral façades alternate between glazed openings and colorful laminated
panels, with a modulation of 1.25 meters. The slabs structure the building horizontally, while the pillars,
which are 70 centimeters in diameter and have spans of 5 and 7.5 meters, are recessed from the façades.
As with the residential buildings created by the developer, vertical shafts coupled to the façades allow for
flexibility in the installations, especially of toilets, on each of the floors.
Studio Paralelo
CREA-PB Headquarters (2010-2013) Campina Grande, PB
Winner of a public architectural competition, this building houses the regional headquarters of CREA, a
professional body that regulates the engineering profession in Brazil. The competition tender, among
other things, called for two maxims to be fulfilled: to create an environmentally sustainable construction
and build it on a maximum area of 600 square meters. With a rectangular volume and three stories, the
CREA headquarters boasts a green roof, which will act as a natural buffer to reduce the heat arising from
the massive solar irradiation, and to capture rainwater that can be reused for irrigation and firefighting.
In addition to enabling maximum occupancy levels, the way the internal spaces are organized allows for a
number of voids and internal courtyards – these foster natural lighting and ventilation of the indoor
environments. In order to improve overall thermal comfort, horizontal concrete louvers protect the west
façade. This level is also shared with a multipurpose auditorium, a foyer, and an equipment room. The
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structural solution is simple: smooth solid slabs without apparent girders, made possible by the 4.80meter spans in both directions from the prestressed concrete pillars cast in situ.
PUBLICATION
Nove Novos – Neun Neue.
Emerging Architects from Brazil
edited by Peter Cachola Schmal, Ricardo Ohtake, Anna
Scheuermann, Fernando Serapião
german/english, 148 pages, around 200 coloured
images, Softcover, 21,5 x 29 cm
ISBN 978-3-86859-243-6
Euro 29.80
Sat/Sun, 2 p.m. Open guided tours by Yorck Förster;
admission to the museum EUR 9 Euro/ EUR 4,50 reduced , will not begin until 5 October
19 September 2013, 2 – 6 p.m.
Symposium
Lectures will be held in English. The fee for the symposium is € 8 or €4 for students with valid student ID.
Registration is not required.
4 October 2013, 7 p.m.
Lecture „Brasília“
Speaker: João Almino, Author and Letícia Wouk Almino, Architect
11 October 2013, 7 p.m.
Brazilian Evening
Lecture by Maria Elisa Costa: „Lucio Costa, der Erfinder Brasílias“
Music and brazilian Food afterwards
14 October 2013, 7 p.m.
Lecture „Art and Architecture“
Speaker: Regina Silveira, Artist
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IMPRINT
Nove Novos – neune Neue. Emerging Architects from Brazil
20 September 2013 – 19 January 2014, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), 2nd + 3rd Floor
An exhibition by Deutsches Architekturmuseums (DAM) in Cooperation with Instituto Tomie Othake,
Monolito and Leonardo Finotti, Architectural Photographer
Curators Peter Cachola Schmal, Ricardo Ohtake, Anna Scheuermann
Project management Instituto Tomie Ohtake Paula Signorelli
Assistant Instituto Tomie Ohtake Agnes Mileris
Support in Brazil Tobias May
Agents Gunter Neuhaus, Paula Macedo-Weiß
Press and public relations DAM Stefanie Lampe, Susanne Lehmann
Administration DAM Jacqueline Brauer, Inka Plechaty
Exhibition design DESERVE, Wiesbaden/Berlin
Woodwork Schreinerei Oliver Taschke, Offenbach
Panels inditec GmbH, Bad Camberg
Project texts Fernando Serapião
Translations Christian Dore, Jeremy Gaines
Photos Leonardo Finotti
except Rio Bonito and Iporanga House Nelson Kon, Veranda House Fran Parente, Portraits André
Renault, Carmine Ianonne, João Marcos Rosa, Kiko Ferrite, Luiza Jacobsen, Nelson Kon, Rafael Motta,
Courtesy of Ttéia 1C, 2002 Metallischer Draht Metallic wire ©Projeto Lygia Pape
Registrar DAM Wolfgang Welker
Aufbau DAM Christian Walter, Eike Laeuen, Angela Tonner, Caroline Krause, Jörn-Luca Schön,
Ulrich Diekmann, Felix Imiola
Publication jovis Verlag, Berlin
In Cooperation with:
Leonardo Finotti
Architectural Photographer
Kindly supported by:
Press images for announcements and reports during the exhibition period at www.dam-online.de
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