Marina Rosa

The project was born with the acquisition, by the Government, of a block with over 7,000 m2, previously occupied by warehouses, small-deteriorated houses and a seven-storey building. It was a unique opportunity to work with a full block at Sao Paulo’s city center, to create a public space at one of the densest sectors of the city. Thus, the design organizes the program – the Paulo Souza Center headquarter and a technical school – around an open atrium. The headquarters gather the administrative activities on five floors, a daycare for employees and a museum on the site’s archeology on the ground floor. The remaining buildings belong to the school; they form a more plural set that articulates itself in many levels over the square, provoking a promenade.

*Project won “Reference design” in the 2013 APCA Awards and was featured in the magazines Monolito (#22, 2014), Summa+ (#135, 2014), AU (#235, 2013) and Projeto Design (#404, 2014).