Tuesday, November 26, 2013

BRAZIL Days 1 & 2: São Paulo

We began our 10-day class trip to Brazil in São Paulo, a city with a population of almost 12 million people (20 million in the metro area). Its topography, vegetation, people, and architecture dazzled us all.


Museu de Arte de São Paulo, by Lina Bo Bardi (completed 1968)





Centro Cultural São Paulo, by Eurico Prado Lopes & Luiz Telles (1978)





















View from the top of the Martinelli building









 Praca das Artes, by Brasil Arquitetura (2012)









SESC Pompéia, by Lina Bo Bardi (1977)





      community art facility



      reading room















                             rec center building



























Edificio Copan, by Oscar Niemeyer (1966)






Parque do Ibirapuera














     Pavilhão da Bienal, by Oscar Niemeyer (1951)

Weekend in Mendoza (October)

A week before my birthday, my roommates and I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to travel by overnight bus to Mendoza, Argentina's wine region. What followed was a weekend of sunshine, mountain air (the Andes), delicious food, and of course, incredible wine.  


Driving past some gauchos





Bodega la Azul, Valle de Uco





















Postales Hotel, Valle de Uco





Familia Zuccardi winery, Maipú











Around Buenos Aires (September and October)

Iglesia del Pilar









Recoleta Cemetery









Casa Ezeiza, a casa chorizo in the San Telmo neighborhood





Architecture faculty, Universidad de Buenos Aires





Testa staircase at the Konex Building in the Abasto neighorhood





Ventura Virzi Arquitectos, studio and residential building





Villa 31, the "informal settlement" where our studio project is located













View from the Reserva Ecológica