Main entry:

Rocha, Paulo Mendes da, 1928-2021, artist.

Title & Author:

Constructed geographies : Paulo Mendes da Rocha / Jean-Louis Cohen, Vanessa Grossman.

Publication:

Matosinhos : Casa da Arquitectura, [2024].
New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press.
©2024

Description:

431 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Constructed Geographies: Paulo Mendes da Rocha, organised by Casa da Arquitectura - Portuguese Center for Architecture. 26 May 2023 to 8 September 2024, Casa da Arquitectura, Matosinhos, Portugal"--page 430.
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologues. Paulo Mendes da Rocha: a Legacy and a Commitment / José Manuel Dias da Fonseca, Nuno Sampaio -- Knowledge is Universal / Nuno Sampaio -- About this Book / Jean-Louis Cohen, Vanessa Grossman -- Interview with Eduardo Souto de Moura / Jean-Louis Cohen, Vanessa Grossman -- Beyond Frontiers. São Paulo as a World-City / Jean-Louis Cohen -- Geographic Imagination: from the Americas to the Planet / Vanessa Grossman -- The Building of an Oeuvre. A Portrait of the Architect as a Young Man / Daniele Pisani -- Drawing as Creation / Catherine Otondo -- Frame, Form, Void: the Structural Imagination / Guy Nordenson -- Homo Faber vs. Homo Ludens: the Practice of Detail / Guilherme Wisnik -- Four Solid Walls Erected on the Landing / Marta Silveira Peixoto, Ruth Verde Zein -- Through Hammocks and Cocoons: on Architecture's Relationship to the Ground / Ana Luiza Nobre -- The Politics of the Megastructures / Victor Próspero -- Beyond Time and Place, Yet Anchored in the Everyday: the Chapel Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Recife / Annette Spiro -- Letter to Annette Spiro (2010) / Paulo Mendes da Rocha -- Teaching is a Collective Process / Marina Grinover --Twelve Projects. Butantã Houses, São Paulo, 1964-1967 / Annette Spiro -- Gerber House, Angra dos Reis, 1973-1974 / Stéphanie Bru -- Brazil's Pavilion at Expo '70, Osaka, 1969-1970 / José Paulo Gouvêa -- Jaraguá Building, São Paulo, 1984-1988 / Juliana Braga, João Sodré -- Jardim Calux School, São Bernardo do Campo, 1972 / Alexandre Benoit -- State of São Paulo Pinacotheca, São Paulo, 1993-1998 / Ciro Miguel -- Paulistano Athletic Club Gymnasium, São Paulo, 1958-1962 and Serra Dourada Stadium, Goiânia, 1973-1975 / Marcos Paulo Cereto -- Brazilian Museum of Sculpture (MuBE), São Paulo, 1986-1995 / Sophia da Silva Telles -- Patriarca Square Remodelling, São Paulo, 1992-2002 / Angelo Bucci -- Arts Quay, Vitória, since 2007 and National Coach Museum, Lisbon, 2008-2015 / Ana Vaz Milheiro -- Sesc 24 de Maio, São Paulo, 2000-2017 / Vanessa Grossman -- Tietê River Port City, State of São Paulo, 1980 / Nicolas Xavier de Carvalho, Alexandre Delijaicov -- Materials -- Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1967) / Flávio Motta -- Biographical Milestones -- Main Projects and Built Works -- Selected Bibliography -- Authors -- Note by Kenneth Frampton -- Casa da Arquitectura - Portuguese Centre for Architecture -- Credits.
Translated from the Portuguese.

Summary:

"This volume provides a new perspective on the work of Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021), one of the most acclaimed architects working since the mid-twentieth century. Widely recognised as having transformed the urban context of São Paulo, he became the second Brazilian to win the Pritzker Prize, after Oscar Niemeyer. In this volume, a team of international scholars provides a comprehensive overview of the architect's trajectory and the collective dimension of his work, along with thematic essays. Of crucial importance is Paolo Mendes da Rocha's identity as a South American architect and his view of geography in relation to nature and culture. The essays explore Mendes da Rocha's concern with the anthropogenic effects of the continent's development as well as its colonial and postcolonial past, focusing on twelve of the architect's key buildings. This essential book based on the archive held by the Casa da Arquitectura points the way forward for future scholarship on Paulo Mendes da Rocha and the architecture of contemporary Brazil"--From page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9789893509210
9893509211
9780300275452
0300275455

Subject:

Rocha, Paulo Mendes da, 1928-2021 Exhibitions.
Rocha, Paulo Mendes da, 1928-2021
Architecture Brazil Exhibitions.
Architecture Brésil Expositions.
Architecture
Brazil

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Cohen, Jean-Louis, editor.
Grossman, Vanessa, 1981- editor.
Rocha, Paulo Mendes da, 1928-2021. Works. Selections.
Casa da Arquitectura (Matosinhos, Portugal), host institution.
Yale University Press, distributor.
Kennistranslations (Firm), translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319458
Call No.: 319458
Copy: 1
Status: Available