A symbolic new communal space is coming to the Brazilian city of Varginha, Minas Gerais State thanks to a new design from Perkins&Will.
The 85-year-old firm is responsible for a new pastoral pavilion that it says will become an ecumenical space within the country’s coffee capital.
Featuring a corten steel structure and organic design elements that pay homage to the region’s economic and material history, the open-ended triangular design creates a dramatic, bench-lined interior while alluding to the Catholic influence around Minas Gerais and represented in the state’s official flag.
“Symbolisms in materials and shapes were a simple, smart solution, where the main piece does the entire project work,” Design Principal Douglas Tolaine said in a statement.
The São Paulo office of Perkins&Will has completed numerous projects within the country that have designs informed by local plant life and traditions. This effort represents the first in Minas Gerais. The region is known for its colonial architecture and boasts a nearby UNESCO World Heritage Site emblematic of the proud mining tradition referred to by the designers.
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