Sesc Guarulhos / Dal Pian Arquitetos

Curated by Matheus Pereira
September 15, 2019

Architects: Dal Pian Arquitetos
Area: 368125 ft²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Nelson Kon, Pedro Mascaro / SESC-SP
Manufacturers: ULMA Architectural Solutions

Authors: Lilian Dal Pian Renato Dal Pian
Coordination: Paulo Noguer, Luiz Alberto Backheuser, Daniel Maeda
Collaborators: Adriana Godoy, Amanda Higuti, Ana Lúcia Pialgata, Bruno Pimenta, Carolina Freire, Carolina Fukumoto, Carolina Tobias, Caroline Portugal, Cristiane Sbruzzi, Filomena Piscoletta, Giovana Giosa, João Pires, Júlio Costa, Leona Pellini, Lidia Martello Liliana Andrade, Luis Taboada, Marcelo Otsuka, Natalie Tchilian, Nathalia Fonseca, Oliver Schpeepmaker, Olívia Costa, Paula Cruz, Rachel Rodorigo, Ricardo Cristoffani, Ricardo Rossin, Thais Dematte, Verónica Antonela
Builder: JWA
Structure: Kurkdjian Fruchtengarten Engenheiros Associados
Foundations: MAG Engenheiros Associados Ltda
Earthworks And Drainage: MAG Engenheiros Associados Ltda
Soil Drilling: Conteste Engenharia e Tecnologia e Soenvil
Topography: Solotec Engenharia Ltda
Traffic Impact: BM&D Consultores Associados
Environmental Compensation: Equality
Building Installations: MBM Engenharia
Logic: Laga Engenharia
Firemen : MBM Engenharia
Building Automation: Jugend Controle Predial
Air Conditioning: Thermoplan Engenharia Térmica Ltda
Paving: LPE Engenharia e Consultoria
Audio And Video: AVM Projetos e Consultoria
Landscaping: Luiz Portugal Albuquerque
Lightning: Senzi Lighting
Environmental Comfort : Ambiental Consultoria Ltda
Acoustics : Harmonia Acústica
Frame Consulting: Arqmate
Cenotechnics : Cineplast
Odontology : Terra Arquitetura
Kitchen: Machado de Campos
Traffic: M2 Projetos
Masonry Structuring: Glauco Rocha Arquitetura
Waterproofing: Proasp Assessoria e Projetos
Vertical Transport: Empro Comercio e Engenharia de Transporte Vertical Ltda
Certification Consulting: CTE
Commissioning: Sustentech Desenvolvimento Sustentável
Budget : GPS Engenharia
Stones Consulting : DGG Assessoria Ltda
Visual Communication: Homem de Melo & Troia Design
Model : Trivino Maquetes
Animation And Video Editing: ALMA Estúdio
Site Area: 236995.4 ft²

Text description provided by the architects. As a public use building gathering activities of culture, sports, teaching, health, recreation and leisure, SESC Guarulhos was conceived as a great democratic and inviting space that seeks to encourage and stimulate encounters, coexistence and interaction among people.

Located in an urbanized area, near Guarulhos International Airport and Zezinho Magalhães Housing Complex, its surrounding landscape presents a heterogeneous design, at times fragmented and discontinuous, characteristic of urban environments in the process of growth and transformation.

In this context, the project seeks to emphasize SESC’s condition as a social communicator and cultural polarizer through an architecture oriented not only to the specific solutions of its activities and functions, but also to the construction of a more continuous, cohesive and unitary urban scenario.

Access to the building is generous and non-intimidating. Designed as an extension of the urban courses, it kindly seeks to invite visitors to know and use the unit.

Internally, the spaces are structured around a large Coexistence Plaza that receives external flows and concentrates, articulates and distributes the various activities of the complex. As a transparent space and permeable to visual perspectives, this integrative plaza exposes the happenings of the building and incorporates the surrounding landscape into its internal environments. A roof system consisting of metal grids, glass, air extractors and horizontal louvers made of perforated aluminum for sun protection, filters out natural light crowning this diaphanous space.

The internal circulations organized simply and precisely by ramps, walkways and corridors overlooking the Coexistence Plaza, expose the movement of users and reinforce the extrovert character of the building.

Its program is distributed into three levels:
Ground – The Coexistence Plaza opens up its surroundings to Customer Service, Exhibition Rooms, Dental Clinic, as well as Children's and Youth Recreation Ambiances. On this level, the indoor Sports Gymnasium and its supporting toilets and locker rooms complete the public fruition areas.

With independent accesses, the Loading and Unloading Patio and the Operational Sector are located next to the two vehicle parking levels. This arrangement organizes service flows and provides operational efficiency for the Theater, Restaurant, and other areas of the complex.

Superior Ground – The Theater, with its foyer facing the void of the Coexistence Plaza, conforms to an independent solid body – its dimensions of audience, stage, wings and backstage adapt to the various use demands required by SESC.

On this level, favoured by the natural topography of the land, there are the Aquatic Complex (covered and uncovered) and the outdoor Sports Courts. The Food Court facing both the Coexistence Plaza, and the pools with solarium areas, offers users the delight of varied visual perspectives.
Also distributed on this level, there are the Administration, Library, Environmental Station and external garden spaces.

Superior – on the top floor are located the rooms for Multipurpose, Multifunctional Gymnastics and Physical Activities. Their access corridors, besides turning to the Coexistence Plaza, run through the double-height voids of the Sports Gymnasium and Indoor Pool. A balcony for outdoor body activities, facing the Aquatic and Sports Center, enhances the use of these rooms, and shades the Food Court on the lower floor. A complete Music Center concludes the spaces of this dynamic activity complex.