Terminal de Ônibus E CENTRO CULTURAL DO MEIER / RJ (1º Lugar Concurso Público Nacional de Arquitetura IAB/ RJ - 1990) | TERMINAL DE ÔNIBUS E CENTRO CULTURAL DO MÉIER/RJ (First place at National Public Context of Architecture - IAB/RJ – 1990) This new building adapts itself, in a suitable scale, to the characteristics of the traditional Méier neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The connection of the traffic and pedestrian flows, conceived by this mixture of bus terminal and commercial/cultural centers, with the adjacent train station and the whole pre-existing urban structure, was the main generating factor for this proposal. The struggle among bus and train flows, private vehicles, pedestrians and users of the existing cultural facilities (cinemas, theatre, shops and convenience stores) were minimized. The overlapping of different structural and building systems and my target to deal with the internal and external trajectories as determiners for the perception of hierarchies of inner-spaces, are other components held in the conceptual essence of this project. Besides that, I proved it is possible to attend the functional demand defined in the program provided, with a total built-up area of 25,000m,(including the commercial/cultural area and the enclosed parking area), much smaller than the one initially estimated by the official report of 42,000m . The jury committee stood out the correct interpretation, in terms of local urban scale and the respect for the characteristics of the geomorphology of the site, and also the adequate articulation with the neighborhoodurban structure. |