© Lompreta Nolte Arquitetos - Daniel Feldman and Elizabeth Añaños

Earlier this week we presented you an interesting proposal for the Environment Museum Annex Competition and now we received an honorable mention winner, from Lompreta Nolte Arquitetos - Daniel Feldman and Elizabeth Añaños.

The Botanical Garden, one of the oldest institutions in all Brazil, is a space of great relevance for the city of Rio de Janeiro. With around 600 thousand visitants each year, it is an important touristic spot, orientated to environmental and scientific education as well as leisure, and recently also cultural program.

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© Environment Museum Annex Competition (Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro)

Antonio Pedro Coutinho shared with us the entry he designed with Estelle Dugachard, Fabiana Araújo, Nanda Eskes, Ricardo Caruana for the competition regarding the expansion of the Environment Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The main challenge dealt in this competition was finding a way where the architecture would be inserted on the ecosystem where it was being planned; the magnificent Botanical Garden of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

More images and description after the break.

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© Pedro Kok

Architect: Marcio Kogan
Location: São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Co-author: Diana Radomysler
Interior Design Co-authors: Diana Radomysler, Mariana Simas
Project Team: Beatriz Meyer, Carolina Castroviejo, Eduardo Chalabi, Eduardo Glycerio, Gabriel Kogan, Lair Reis, Maria Cristina Motta, Oswaldo Pessano, Renata Furlanetto, Samanta Cafardo, Suzana Glogowski
Landscape Architect: Renata Tilli
General Contractor: Lock Engenharia
Structure Engineer: Leão & Associados
Site Area: 890 sqm
Built Area: 995 sqm
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs & Video: Pedro Kok

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Bjarke Ingles

In the August-July 2010 edition of The Economist, Bjarke Ingels and Paul Nakazawa examined Brazil’s potential to undergo a “new urban revolution” with the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics Games. With these two major events being hosted by the same country, Brazil will need to implement long term strategies for properly equipping the areas. Yet, the real solution lies in the country’s “improvements for the large local population rather than merely servicing the temporary needs of the global tourists and the world press.”

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© Nelson Kon

Architect: Flavio Castro
Location: Mirante do Horto Condominium, Horto Florestal, São Paulo, Brazil
Construction: Flavio Castro, José Claudio Magalhaes
Project Year: 2009
Construction Date: 2010
Land area: 226 sqm
Built area: 300 sqm
Photos: Nelson Kon

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These days, everything seems to be about soccer. Our friends from abitare knew this, so some months ago they conducted a series of short interviews with four Brazilian architects so they could share their ideas about soccer and architecture.

This week, Pritzker Prize winner Paulo Mendes de Rocha explains his project for Serra Dorada Stadium as an interesting solution where popular entertainment and social comfort coexist.

© Éder Bispo

Architects: MMEB Architects
Location: Alphaville, Cuiabá/MT, Brazil
Authors: Márcia Miranda & Éder Bispo Architects
Light designer: Michele Acosta
Structural Engeneering: Paulo Pozzobom
Total Foor Area: 531,00 sqm
Year of the project: 2007
Year of manufacture: 2009
Photographs: Rai Reis & Éder Bispo

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Jeroen Koolhas and Dre Urhahn are two artist from Netherlands who started working together in 2005.  In 2006, they started developing the idea of creating community-driven art interventions in Brazil. Their efforts yielded two murals which were painted in Vila Cruzeiro, Rio’s most notorious slum, in collaboration with local youth. After both murals were finished, they started their third stage of their project, ‘O Morro’.

The initial idea of the Favela Painting project was always to paint an entire hillside favela in the center of Rio, visible to all inhabitants and visitors. As the portuguese translation for ‘the hill’; ‘o morro’ is also used as a synonym for slum or favela, the artists chose to use this name for the third stage of the Favela Painting project. ‘O Morro’ started early in 2010 and was recently finished.

You can find more on the projects in their official website and their Facebook Page. See more images of ‘O Morro’ after the break. read more »

© Bebete Viégas

Architects: Frederico Zanelato | Architects
Location: Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil
Authors: Frederico Zanelato, Fernanda Kano and Regina Sesoko
Contributor: Regina Santos
Students: Guilherme Bravin and Nayara Mendes
Structure: Wagner Garcia de Oliveira
Land area: 360 sqm
Building area: 250 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Bebete Viégas

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© Nelson Kon

Architects: SPBR Arquitetos
Location: Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Director in Charge: Angelo Bucci
Project Team: Ciro Miguel, João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Juliana Braga, Suzana Jeque, Tatiana Ozzetti
Structural Engineer: Jorge Zaven Kurkdjian
Landscape Architect: Fernando Magalhães Chacel
Lighting: Ricardo Heder
Services: Alberto Chagas Barreto
Site Area: 4,488.65 sqm
Constructed Area: 481.41 sqm
Design Year: 2004
Construction Year: 2005–2008
Photographs: Nelson Kon

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© Djan Chu

Architects: Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato
Location: São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Design team: Marco Zanotto
Site area: 600 sqm
Covered Area: 450 sqm
Project year: 2007
Completion: 2009
Photographs: Djan Chu

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There’s only one week left for the grand opening of Shanghai’s World Expo 2010, and as you may know, we’ve been featuring many pavilion’s (all the pavilions here). One of the first ones was the Brazilian Pavilion designed by Fernando Brandão Arquitetura e Design.

With more than 80 comments, it became one of the most controversial and discussed pavilions. At Fernando Brandão they followed the discussion and now they wanted to show you the complete project. More images, drawings and the architect’s description after the break. read more »

© Nic Olshiati

Architects: Camarim Architects
Project Location: Mundau, State of Ceara, Brazil
Project Architects: Vasco Correia & Patricia Sousa
Site area: 2,400 sqm
Floor Area: 400 sqm
Project Completion: 2008
Photographs: Nic Olshiati

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Brazilian architects Bruno Conde, Filipe Gebrim Doria, Filipe Lima Romeiro, and Lucas Bittar were awarded with the first prize for the design of the Santa Catarina’s Public Library Refurbishment (National Architecture Competition).

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Brazilian architects Estudio America won a competition in Salvador for the refurbishment and expansion of the Castro Alves Theatre. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »

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Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto designed the Sumaré house, in São Paulo, for a graphic designer who desired a “spacious house, where she could work, exercise, entertain friends and, of course, live in.”

More images and more about the house after the break.

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Architect: AUM arquitetos – André Dias Dantas, Bruno Bonesso Vitorino, Renato Dalla Marta, Ana Maria Montag, Maíra Baltrusch
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Client: Grupo SBF
Constructed Area: 830 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Bebete Viegas, Renato Dalla Marta

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© Pedro Vannucchi

Architects: Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas
Location: Paraty, RJ, Brazil
Project Team: Gabriel Grinspum, Mariana Simas
Trainee: Isabel Sperry
General Contractor: Luciênio Costa
Site Area: 4,000 sqm
Constructed Area: 60 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2009
Photographs: Pedro Vannucchi

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With the Homeless World Cup arriving in Rio de Janiero, Brazil in fall 2010, Architecture for Humanity, Homeless World Cup, and Nike are teaming up with local partners Organização Civil de Ação Social (OCAS), and Bola Pra Frente (BPF) to establish multiple Legacy Centers to implement the Homeless World Cup influence beyond the week-long Tournament and Leadership Conference.

With project partners officially on board and a site secured, we are pleased to welcome you to the Selection Process for Design and Architectural Services of the Homeless World Cup Youth and Women’s Leadership Center in Santa Cruz , Rio de Janiero, Brazil. With project partners officially on board and a site secured, we are pleased to welcome you to the Selection Process for Design and Architectural Services of the Homeless World Cup Youth and Women’s Leadership Center in Santa Cruz , Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

For more information on submission, awards and schedule, click here.

© Maíra Acayaba

Architects: AR arquitetos / Marina Acayaba, Juan Pablo Rosenberg
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Contractor: Construsil S.A.
Site Area: 92.50 sqm
Project Area: 92.50 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Construction Year: 2009
Photographs: Maíra Acayaba

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