Fundamental Sciences Division Building / METRO Arquitetos Associados

Curated by Pedro Vada

Architects: Metro Arquitetos Associados
Area: 15879 m²
Year: 2017
Photographs:Leonardo Finotti
Manufacturers: Hunter Douglas, Miaki, Stone
Foundations: Appogeo projeto
Landscape Design: Bonsai Paisagismo
Air Conditioning: EPT Engenharia
Acoustics: Harmonia Davi Akkerman + Holtz
Structures: Inner Engenharia
Lighting: Lux projetos
Electrical Installations: PKM Consultoria, Projetos e Instalações
Sound Effects: SVA

Text description provided by the architects. The Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) in São José de Campos is engaged in an expansion project to take on twice the number of students. A collective of São Paulo-based firms involving METRO, MMBB and Piratininga Arquitetos are leading the corresponding architectural project and will work in the context of an architecturally significant existing campus, possessing buildings and urban design by Oscar Niemeyer. From a suite of new buildings that includes also a new library and a residential area intended for the faculty of the institution, METRO is responsible for the 1200 seat auditorium and the Fundamental Sciences Department, that became the first to be built and was finished in October 2018.