Eleventh International Conference on The Inclusive Museum

Abstract

The Cais das Artes is a cultural space that is being built on the shore of the bay of Vitória, in Espírito Santo, Brazil. The complex is part of a seafront art and culture circuit. The space contains a museum, a theater, and a square. Its project is authored by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, whose work is recognized internationally and has accumulated a series of awards. The architect owns a singular style, with works ruled by a taste for materiality and monumentality. His designs are examples of the contemporary application of the Brutalist aesthetics, to which we have been able to offer plastic originalities. The project was developed by Metro Architects in a collaboration with the architect. The Cais das Artes occupies a land of 21,000 m².The 30,000 m² built area also houses the auditorium and the café. The architectural party was designed in such a way to raise the museum and the theater releasing the view from the bay of Vitoria to the observer of the level of the square. The museum space was designed with total visual integration between the ground level and the first and the second floor, through panels of inclined glass that allow the internal lighting by reflection of the light on the floor and the height allows the exhibition of large works. This paper introduces research that began with technical visits carried out in 2013, and its evolution up to the present date.