Carolina Silva Oukawa

Architect and urban planner who obtained her undergraduate and master's degrees from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Sao Paulo (FAU-USP). Currently, she is pursuing her doctorate at the same institution, with research focused on Architectural Analysis: Notes towards a discipline. Since 2012, she has been a professor of architectural design and drawing at the University Paulista (UNIP).

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Architecture Classics: Copan Building / Oscar Niemeyer

The Copan is a landmark in Sao Paulo. Even those who have never entered the building know its curves from afar. Amid the intense verticalization of the city center, the horizontal brise-soleils reinforce the building’s presence on the city’s horizon.