The grandiose Grão das Gerais project proposes an intervention in the
Mogiana de Guaxupé Park to enable a Coffee Museum integrated with a
Technological Institute focused on coffee cultivation. As a complement, the
exhibitions and events of the House of Culture will have a large cafeteria.
This project was presented in 2016 as Final
Graduation of the guaxupeano Mário Marcos Borges Bueno, in the
Architecture and Urbanism of Poços de Caldas. The Museum is justified by
value local coffee, which is one of the main economic assets,
historical and cultural sites of Guaxupe. It is also a tourist reference and is
linked to the development of the municipality, which was economically
by the iron train from the beginning of the 20th century.
With two classrooms, one of coffee roasting, two
classification and administrative area, the Technological Institute fulfills the function of
offer courses and technical training lectures for small and medium-sized
farmers. One of the objectives is to improve
quality, with results in profitability.
Without interference in the buildings of the Municipal Department of Education and
House of Culture, the Museum and Institute building, in the central area of the park,
integration with the Fepasa Complex, which also encompasses the Secretariat
"The volumetries of the new building were inspired by the
mountains of the South of Minas, obtaining an organic form quite
interesting, "says the architect.
With the exception of some fixed structures and the auditorium, most
The Museum's internal walls are flexible and articulated. In this way,
be withdrawn for the realization of local events like the Festival of the Orchids,
complement of activities of Femagri, without interfering in the Museum and in the Institute,
that will be underground, with ventilation made through slopes and openings
zenitals.
In an area of 2,200 m², the basement will have eight exhibition halls,
library and auditorium with capacity for 400 people. Unlike
other museums, the project for Guaxupé is totally high tech differs from
museums in São Paulo, such as Santos and Ribeirão Preto; of Minas Gerais museums
of Botelho and Três Pontas; and the coffee museum in Rio de Janeiro, located in
a farm in the municipality of Vassouras.

Grandiose grains
The Grão das Gerais Park requires investments from the private sector and
public. Approximately 58 thousand square meters of Parque Mogiana will be

restructured to receive two sports courts, an amphitheater with
green floor, playground, bike path, living spaces, barbecue grills,
parking and large green areas, including two wet squares. O
The project for the implementation of the new park was developed so that all
paths leading to the central area, where the main building is located. Still
there will be integration with the Agenor district of Lima, through a large
ramp.
"The park has been redesigned on the basis of
inspired by the coffee mountains of the South of Minas Gerais. New spaces
have been created so that the population can make the most of
all that the park can offer, "says the author, who considered the lack of
attractions on site. "An urban intervention can have an impact on
positive on the spot, "adds Mario Marcos, who currently lives and works
in Sao Paulo.
With the guidance of Jorge Villar, coordinator of the Architecture and
Urbanization of PUC Poços de Caldas, were considered concepts
such as water reuse and photovoltaic posts. The attractions
begin at the two corners of Parque Mogiana, where it is planned to
the creation of squares with monuments, where the design refers to the grain of the
coffee. Of small grain the project has little. It's all great.

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