OBS-ARCH-011
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil — Paulo Mendes da Rocha
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Structure lifted into suspension.
OBS-ARCH-011
Systems of Clarity
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OBS-ARCH-011
Origin:
São Paulo
Era:
1989
Themes / Lineage:
mass; lift; structure
Field Notes:
concrete; span; lift
Quiet Modernism appears here as structure held in suspension.

Structure lifted into suspension.

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil — Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Structural elements detach from support.

Weight recedes.

Suspension holds.

What detaches from support?
Structure is usually grounded, yet contact withdraws. Elements hover without anchoring. What continues is form held in suspension.

Structure is usually grounded, yet contact withdraws.

Elements hover without anchoring.

What continues is form held in suspension.

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