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View of the steel canopy and public ground at Patriarca Square in central Sao Paulo.

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Patriarca Square

2002 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Patriarca Square canopy view

Canopy and public space view at Patriarca Square.

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Patriarca Square

Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil · Exact work coordinates

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Patriarca SquarePatriarca Square

2002 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ion MincuIon Mincu

1880-1912 · Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20021880-1912
PlaceSao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BrazilBucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Place contextSao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BrazilRepresentative site: Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Climate23°C · 11.4h daylight · 9 km/h wind10°C · 13.8h daylight · 11 km/h wind · via Scoala Centrala National College
FocusPublic square canopy and urban intervention2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Paulo Mendes da Rocha
  • Ion Mincu
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Paulo Mendes da Rocha Arquitetos

Notable works

  • Scoala Centrala National College
  • Palace of Justice, Bucharest
Typologies
  • public space
  • urban intervention
  • civic infrastructure
  • school
  • education
  • civic building
  • house
Materials
  • steel
  • concrete
  • brick
  • stone
Carbon signals

Concrete and Steel look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel

Brick and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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