Fusion and Reconstruction of Brazilian Architecture DNA

Commemorating the centennial of Japanese immigration to Brazil, the Tokyo Art Museum presents “Fusion and Reconstruction of Brazilian Architecture DNA”. Works introduced in this exhibition are by the Brazilian architecture unit, Brasil Arquitetura, Francisco de Paiva Fanucci (b. 1952) and Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz (b. 1955). Established and based in Sao Paulo since 1979, Brasil Arquitetura has produced a wide range of works from city planning and public facilities to residential housing and furniture design.

This exhibition consists of four parts:

1. Serra da Mantiqueira, traditional architecture in the countryside of Sao Paulo researched by Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz,
2. Conjunto KKKK (1998-2001), a building formerly owned by the Japanese government, now transformed into a complex containing a museum, archival room, and theater,
3. Museu do Pao (2007), a wooden flour mill facility in Rio Grande do Sul converted into a bakery museum,
4. Museu Rodin Bahia (2006), a historical wooden building in the northern state of Salvador, now turned into a Rodin museum.

Tokyo Art Museum

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