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Estação das Artes Cultural Complex

Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky

ESTAÇÃO DAS ARTES CULTURAL COMPLEX

Carvalho Araújo

CATEGORY
Cultural Center

LOCATION
Fortaleza, Brazil

YEAR
2022

PHOTOGRAPHS
Felipe Petrovsky

LEAD ARCHITECT
José Manuel Carvalho Araújo

RESTORATION
Simone Delanoy

PROJECT TEAM
Adriano Peixoto, Alexandre Branco, Ana Carolina Moura, Carolina Vieira, Daniel Carvalho, Gonçalo Fernandes, Hélder Ferreira, João Lago, Joel Moniz, Margarida Araújo, Pedro Mendes, Tatiana Campos, Tiago Almeida, Sandra Ferreira

CONSTRUCTION
Consórcio Moraes Vasconcelos, Lomacon E Marsou

HVAC, MEP
Teknika Projetos E Consultoria S/

INSTALLATIONS
Fip Engenharia

STRUCTURE
Md Engenheiros Associados

WATERPROOFING
Rui Leite Barbosa Jr.

LIGHTNING DESIGN
Beatriz Mapurunga

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Bruno Ary

Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky

Estação das Artes is a large cultural complex located in an old railway station in Ceará, Brazil.

The proposed set uses the existing structures to accommodate a diversified cultural program, consisting of exhibition and performance areas, auditoriums, studios and spaces for creative residences, collection and document work areas, a library, and a gastronomic market, among many others.

Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky© Felipe Petrovsky

The various spaces are divided into five functional and autonomous units, all with distinct and specific characteristics: the square, Pinacoteca, IPHAN, SECULT, and studios.

The old station square - which used to function as a bus station - is reformulated and assumed to be the “green lung” of the complex - a wooded space where the pavement lines emphasize the structure of the warehouses and the railway lines.

The buildings that function as an urban complex are located on it, despite assuming themselves as autonomous structures.

Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky

It is also through the square that the subway line is accessed, through an entrance created from the “deformation” of the pavement.

The Pinacoteca building takes advantage of the former warehouses of the Federal Railway Network R.E.F.E.S.A. and consists of a structure of seven adjacent warehouses, each with a gable roof.

Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky

The height of each of the warehouses varies between 6 and 9 meters, making them a perfect structure for incorporating this program, which includes exhibition areas, auditoriums, spaces for small performances, and collection and document work areas, among others.

IPHAN results from a set of buildings that formed the João Filipe railway station.

Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky

It consists of three buildings and a covered platform, with a central courtyard that is “invaded” by the square’s pavement, making the connection with the exterior spaces.

This complex houses a small museum, multipurpose exhibition rooms, a library, an archive, an archeology and conservation area, several support rooms, a gastronomic market, and dining areas.

Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky

The SECULT building occupies the Casa do Engenheiro facilities, taking advantage of the two-floor existing building.

A new complementary building with two floors was also designed, taking advantage of the old location of the Casa do Engenheiro adjacent building.

Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
© Felipe Petrovsky

SECULT closes the triangle of the main buildings of the entire complex, creating in the space between them a continuity with the square with a greater level of intimacy that works simultaneously as an antechamber for the entrance of the subway.


Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
Plan and section - Accessm
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
Plan and section - Museum
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
Plan and sections - IPHAN
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
Plan and sections


Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
Plan - Secult
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
Plan and section - Pinacoteca
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
Section - Pinacoteca
Estação das Artes Cultural Complex
Section - Museum

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