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Parque do Ibirapuera
From Wikipedia
Parque do IbirapueraParque do Ibirapuera (Ibirapuera Park) is a major urban park in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It has a large area for leisure, jogging and walking, as well as a convention center. Its importance to São Paulo is comparable to the Central Park in New York City.
History
Inaugurated in 1954 and designed by famous architect Oscar Niemeyer together with landscape designer Burle Marx, the Ibirapuera Park covers an area of almost two square kilometers. Admission is free of charge.
Features
The park complex contains several buildings, most of them designed by Oscar Niemeyer. They include:
The Grande Marquise ("The great marquee"), where the MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna ("museum of modern art") is located;
The Cicillo Matarazzo Sobrinho Pavillion, home for the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da USP ("Museum of Contemporary Art"), other than a space for events and expos, including the São Paulo Art Biennial;
The Manoel da Nóbrega Pavillion, which until 1992 was the city hall;
The Lucas Nogueira Garcez Pavillion, otherwise known as "Palácio das Exposições"("Expositions Palace") and now known as the Oca ("hut", given its round shape), which harbors both the Museu da Aeronáutica ("Air Force Museum") and the Museu do Folclore ("Folklore Museum");
The Armando de Arruda Pereira Pavillion, home for the Prodam - Companhia de Processamento de Dados do Município ("Municipal Data Processing Company");
The Palácio da Agricultura ("Agriculture Palace"), home of Detran, municipal transit department. The building was originally intended to harbor the municipal agriculture department;
The planetarium and Municipal Astrophysics School. The Planetarium building which is shaped like a flying saucer. It was the first planetarium in the Southern Hemisphere and has a dome which is 20 meters in diameter. The German projection machine shows the sky above São Paulo from dusk to dawn. During the projection a professional astronomer explains the most famous stars and constellations as well as the movements of the Earth and other planets;
The Gimnasium;
The Japanese Pavillion
The Monumento às Bandeiras
The Ibirapuera Auditorium, controversial building that was on the original Niemeyer plan, but wasn't completed until 2005. |
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