![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/8784/28ba/0d18/3000/0411/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414082780)
- Year: 2011
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Photographs:Fran Parente
Text description provided by the architects. The Baró / Emma Thomas Gallery was the first project of the architects Julia Masagão, Isabel Nassif and Renata Pedrosa in a partnership that led to their office: sub estudio.
![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Beam, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/87ae/28ba/0d18/3000/0420/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1414082782)
The old warehouse that was used to be a parking lot, is located in a neighborhood in São Paulo, that used to be an industrial area, Barra Funda. It’s a peculiar design of laminated wood arches which bear a span of 30 meters. The windows on two sides are also original timber and allow a diffuse light inside the gallery.
![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Windows, Facade, Steel, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/8797/28ba/0d18/3000/0418/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1414082814)
The warehouse is in the middle of the block, not on the façade. So the access is given under a residential building. The entire façade on the street, was made of cobogos, on both sides of the building, to maintain a unity of these two volumes.
![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Column](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/87b7/28ba/0d18/3000/0423/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414082784)
On these both sides, where the ceiling is lower, are those programs that need more privacy, as the offices, reception, coffee and collections that are not on exhibition.
![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/8782/28ba/0d18/3000/0410/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414082796)
On this whole area where the ceiling is lower, there’s also the entrance, creating an warmer arrival and a more welcoming environment, until you enter the exhibition hall, with 12 meters high, making the space feel even bigger.
![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Windows, Beam, Glass, Arch](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/87c7/28ba/0d18/3000/042a/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414082788)
The exhibition area was kept free so the gallery can change for each exhibition, using free walls that can move around the space.
![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Image 13 of 34](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/878e/28ba/0d18/3000/0415/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1414082805)
On the back of the warehouse there used to be three volumes, which was transformed in two volumes with an small garden, a video room, bathroom and a small meeting room.
![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Image 6 of 34](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/877a/28ba/0d18/3000/040d/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414082790)
These two volumes are connected with a metal walkway that serves as an observatory, a place where you see the whole gallery from the top.
![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/87c9/28ba/0d18/3000/042b/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414082846)
The garden on the back is used to expose outdoor works, and also a nice place to chill.
![The Baró Gallery / Sub Estúdio - Image 24 of 34](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5031/87b1/28ba/0d18/3000/0421/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414082832)