The venue is an architectural and cultural complex dedicated to music, dance, theater and exhibitions in the heart of downtown São Paulo.
Submitted at Nov 7, 2018, 12:45 PM
On October 29, CASACOR celebrated the launch of the 2019 edition with a cocktail party at Praça das Artes , an architectural and cultural complex dedicated to music, dance, theater and exhibitions in the heart of downtown São Paulo. 
The Praça das Artes was created to solve a historical problem of lack of space behind the scenes at the Municipal Theater and to house the Dance School and the Municipal School of Music of São Paulo. However, its architectural magnitude and interaction with the city mean that your vocation goes far beyond classical music and dance. (Nelson Kon)
The place is "the result of the mistakes of an urban planning that has always submitted to the idea of the lot, to the logic of private land ownership, it contains a 'stock' of empty, underused or idle spaces, abandoned, forgotten, waiting for the city to return have an interest in them," describe the professionals at Brasil Arquitetura. 
The site is a must-see for architecture lovers. The project is a contemporary counterpoint to the architecture and tradition of the Municipal Theater. Several deteriorated properties were expropriated for construction, including the conservatory, which was restored and incorporated into the complex's design. The Cairo and Saci cinemas were also used, with the former having its facade preserved. 
"As in almost the entire central region of the city, this place has a chaotic building neighborhood from a volumetric point of view. However, it has a privileged situation of humanity around it, full of diversity, vitality, a mix of social classes, of uses , of conflicts and tensions characteristic of the big city – a space for coexistence and the search for tolerance", the architects conclude. 
Parts of the work are still in progress and have been inaugurated from the center to the ends, gradually revealing the construction to the city. The building also receives new structures, such as state-of-the-art rooms for music and dance. Currently , the project for the Square and other revitalization works in the center are led by the Secretary of Urban Infrastructure and Works, Victor Aly. 
In addition to classes and common areas, Praça das Artes offers an intense cultural program that can be found on the Fundação Theatro Muncipal website.
