The Campus Universitario di Matera opens the exhibition Casas Paulistas: 2000 - 2017 today, June 5. The exhibition is part of a series of Brazilian showcases in the 2019 European Capital of Culture. Curated by Romullo Baratto and conceived by Ruben Otero, the exhibition brings together 12 projects of houses in São Paulo built since the turn of the century.
In São Paulo, perhaps more than anywhere else in Brazil, one can identify a unique architectural practice rooted in ideas that originated decades ago—a discourse that frequently invokes well-known figures. With João Vilanova Artigas as its most prominent figure, the architecture of São Paulo—and particularly the city itself—from the second half of the last century established deep roots that continue to nourish and inform contemporary production.
