Phoregaphs comtesy of Lina Bo Bind Lina Bo Bardi Ling Bo Bard isan expaniate Halon anche thse devotion t0 Brisil where she has bee for 35 years, suggests that the soled exes fms ‘developing nations to the ich indus une snes sometimes operates in the opposite detion Her work bricly shown here testifies © her appreciation of Brazilian culture, is rural origins ‘and multi-racial, urbaising popularion Aiving ina frontier conntry afer the second world war, ‘Mrs, Bandi has witnessed the feetic growth of Brazil’s economic capital of Sao Paulo, while striving herself to ain del objectives main- tain snarls of design excellone in a rapidly indwaalsing soy, and to make Brazilians aware of their own rid heritage The Museum of Sao Paulo, Assis Chateaubriand, isan architectural tour-de~ {orce, to be compared perhaps in ts time to France's Pompidou Museum The build ing’s Sl-metre spar caries a main exhibi- hat is ane open expanse whercin om al periods of westers att are to be found To visit this permanent collec- ton is to take in almost che whole history of painting at a single glance But more concertingly, the objects lose something of thie precousity, thei intimacy, their un iqueness as objects, precisely because they stand cogether on an open plane, without specific frames of reference. There is, on the other hand, a didactical presentation of the 28 paintings through the use of detailed writen descriptions on the back of each stand, ‘Mrs. Bards astonishing presentation of | indigenous Brian production, called "Hlapd of the Brazan People” was shown briefly in the Museum's temporary galler- jes Pictures, never before published, illu wate a Gm. poliical stand in favour of making people aware of ther preindasteal heritage. Imagery and technology are powerflly displayed in a kind of popular ‘marketplace atmosphere "The Cultural and Sports Centre for workers of the SESC. is again a plea against unwarranted demolition and. in favour of creating new spaces, simple, rug ged, yet tasteful, for receiving new func- ‘tons within existing structures The factory sheds with eheir sloping roofs will harbour craft and reereation 2ones demarcated much as Aldo Van Eyck once did for exhibit ox pavilions in Otterlo and the Milan Trian- tale Her new four-sorey sports building and tower in prestressed concrete stand ike “Rossian’ sentinals over the renovated fice tories In each of the projects one senses an ideas that will not waver in the face of pressures brought on by increased capitalist speculation and imported consumer tases Appreciation based upon conversations with Mr. David Bigelnan, Cuban architect in PansLei. Soudy of «tale inende for ind production, wood (1981) ‘Above: Working drawings of table tel and leather (1948). Below. Folding curs (1947) Late used in the Auditorium of the PealeLim Bo Bond Cultural & Sports Centre, Sao Paulo Cultural and Sports Centre, S.ES.C., Sao Paulo, Brazil (1981). Above: Model — general vew ofthe “Pompeia” factory of the S.E.S.C.Old facory pavilions, tower with spots cnt i pestressed concte Ramps link spons unit with locker tower ‘Right: The workshops — engraving, cams, weaving, drawing, ee Spaces are ated with concrete blocks Below: "The workshops — view from above. Below, right: Main set renovation phase. Detail of drainage 05, 0 | 45,20 | Ll 8 7 = Poe 8 175:im Bo Bud! Museum of Art, Sao PauloMuseum of Art, “Assis Chateaub- rriand”, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1968). “The snuse concetvates ts exlibis ons ure, objects, utensils, dothes, sacred images and primitive machines of Brazil It ilatrates the work ofa whol civilisation wiih is marginal t9 indusalicaion Lf: View of the museum from the Avenida Pauiiva Left, bottom Goneral view of the exhibition “Hand of the Brazilian People”, shown i the ‘muscu lower galeries 1969. The mounting ofthe objec was not nspred by he wu seg raphie models bu fiom popular markets and fais Below" Detail ofthe presentation ofthe muscun’s permanent painting colleaion ‘The old nex to he ‘modem, exhibited together in a single space on sass supports Behind each panting is technical decripion Second level plan 1 Open space above 4. Kithos salon (living oom) 5. Hall 2 Restaurant 6. Trilet Lengitainal section 3. Autor 7 Coatroom 2Lin Bo Bd Building Complex, Unhao Top. Detail of the exhibit the North East” athe tine 1963. Ol=