'São Paulo and Burle Marx' exhibition explores the landscaper's iconic projects

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Starting October 19, the Fiesp Cultural Center (CCF), located on Avenida Paulista, will host the exhibition " Constructed Landscape: São Paulo and Burle Marx ", curated by Guilherme Wisnik , Helena Severo and Isabela Ono . Divided into three main axes, the exhibition features the collection of the Burle Marx Institute and emphasizes the urban ecology projects conceived by Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994) and his collaborators; as well as proposing a dialogue between his projects and those of architects renowned architects, such as Rino Levi and Paulo Mendes da Rocha ; in addition to bringing new, unexecuted proposals for public spaces in the city, such as Trianon Park, Ibirapuera Park, Vale do Anhangabaú and Praça da Sé. The exhibition highlights environmental activism and pioneering work in defending the preservation of South American biomes with the aim of projects on green cities .

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At the exhibition, the public has the opportunity to see the most iconic projects by landscaper Burle Marx and an “Ephemeral Garden” with vertical structures at the entrance to the building on Avenida Paulista, developed by the office, in addition to the exhibition of an animation on the building’s façade. from FIESP. The pieces selected for the exhibition reflect the plurality of work spanning seven decades in drawings, models, project plans, sketches, photographs and videos; highlighting the contemporaneity of Burle Marx's narrative and his legacy for rethinking the experience of life in cities. and the construction of public spaces.

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“Based on the legacy of Burle Marx and his collaborators, the Burle Marx Institute works on this very current concept of collective construction. For us, the collection is powerful in inspiring and rethinking the experience of life in cities and favoring plural, affirmative perspectives. and collaborative,” says curator Isabela Ono .

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The modules “Urban Ecologist” and “Projects in São Paulo” end up taking on a more political tone in the exhibition, in which some of the projects developed by Burle Marx for the city of São Paulo at the request of the public authorities are presented.

"The exhibition presents little-explored aspects of his work. Burle Marx was a pioneer in the construction of the concept of urban ecology by introducing elements of native flora into his projects that contrasted with the hard, geometric shapes of concrete", says curator Helena Severo. Service Built Landscape: São Paulo and Burle Marx Location: Fiesp Cultural Center - Paulista Avenue, 1313, Sao Paulo - SP Exhibition period: October 19th to February 5th Visiting hours : Wednesday to Sunday, from 10am to 8pm Free entry

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