Patalano Arquitetura teamed up with urban planner and heritage connoisseur Rodrigo Azevedo to submit a proposal for a national architectural competition: The maritime museum in Rio de Janeiro. The historical site in downtown Rio de Janeiro, has two areas of intervention, a 1865 narrow and long pier and a second one adjacent to the historic..

When we designed the building that would house the NUTRE headquarters, we thought about the sustainability principles that would guide the Project and be transmitted by its architecture. The acronym NUTRE stands for Centre for treatment and rehabilitation for damaged ecosystems. Sustainable design decisions such as sun protection and Wind harvesting for passive cooling were..

This Project is the result of a national architectural competition for FIRJAN (Rio de Janeiro Industry Federation) and was awarded second prize. It is a cultural and administrative facility for the institution in the traditional and historical neighbourhood of Botafogo, Rio de janeiro, beside a pre-existing building protected by the gorvenment’s Heritage council. The two..

We imagined the museum as an adjustable living structure, like a cell. The building is divided in three levels of exhibition plus a café/belvedere on the roof, capable of hosting events and receptions. We adopted the concept of “OPEN/CLOSED MUSEUM” where the ‘CLOSED MUSEUM’ is defined by either curved glass surfaces or curved and straight..