Access to Sugarloaf Mountain Cable Car
ACCESS TO SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN CABLE CAR
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CONSTRUCTION
Carpinteria Estruturas de Madeira
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Luciano Fiaschi Arquitetura paisagística SC LTDA
CATEGORY
Installations & Structures
LOCATION
Urca, Brazil
AREA
1010 m²
LIGHTING DESIGN
Lumini
CONTRACTOR
Hydra Engenharia e Saneamento Ltda
MANAGER
Archiplan
CLIENT
Companhia Caminho Aéreo Pão de Açúcar
MANUFACTURERS
mmcite, Avec Design, Rewood
ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Manuel Fiaschi, Guilherme Lozinsky, Bianca Bruno, Gustavo Felizardo, Sílvia Antunes
YEAR
2016
STRUCTURAL PROJECT
CCLS Projetos de Engenharia Ltda
INSTALLATIONS
JCSF Instalações e projetos de engenharia LTDA
For its historical, cultural and affective importance to Rio’s inhabitants, the respect towards the natural monument that is the Sugar Loaf was key to the design.
The built canopy is light, transparent and harmonically connected to the context, which is a protagonist in that scenario.
Before the intervention, the loading and unloading of passengers and visitors was made under ordinary plastic tents that compromised the spatial and visual quality of the landscape, and had the sense of something temporary.
The proposal aims to enhance the touristic activity and create a friendlier and interesting public space, organizing the pedestrian and vehicle flows throughout the site.
The square accommodates visitors with a series of benches, bicycle racks and plenty of light at nighttime, as well as a system of electric plugs that allow events to happen in the public environment.
Access to the cable car is made by the grid-shaped canopy, built with glued laminated timber, also called glulam, bringing comfort, shade and ease to tourists on highly demanded days.
