The view of the Center for those arriving from the front of Avenida Amazonas is monumental and joyful.

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In the large flat extension, a portal opens on the scale of the set that marks its noble entrance, the main axis of the routes.

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Everything contributes to creating a festive and spacious atmosphere. The lighting and ventilation skylights of the pavilions, in rhythm, attract the eye to the main body of the building and play a fun game of shapes.

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Elegance and simplicity can be seen everywhere, in order to ensure that the projects are executed quickly and at low cost, without losing the plastic and symbolic values required for a space that synthesizes the culture, technology and economy of our State.

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Hence, we used an industrial aesthetic with metal roofs in 25-meter spans and the side closing with thermo-acoustic tiles. It is a technological image, vibrant, contemporary and in volumetric harmony with the existing buildings.

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Versatility is the main feature of this Center.

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There are three autonomous pavilions of variable dimensions and with the possibility of interconnections through large sliding acoustic doors, modulated in order to allow different arrangements of the fairs.

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The access gallery is in the form of an open balcony, with a span of 15 meters and serves multiple functions. Next to the gallery on the lower level, the auditoriums and meeting rooms to support the exhibitions were located.

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The result is a dignified and efficient urban-architectural ensemble, harmonized with the preservation and enhancement of the Park's historic buildings, within modern concepts of urban revitalization to configure itself within a framework of Minas Gerais; vocation as a national center for exhibitions and events and to constitute effective instruments of business promotion and development.

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Architecture

Gustavo Penna, Norberto Bambozzi, Ana Paula Silva, Wilson Bernardi Moreira, David Landinez, Mayra Rodrigues, Ana Rita Massahud, Laura Penna, Letícia Carneiro, Laura Caram, Juliana Couri 

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Place

Belo Horizonte – Minas Gerais – Brazil

 

Technical Data

Year of the project: 2003

Year of completion of the work: 2006
Built area:  60.000m²

Photos

Jomar Bragança

José Israel Abrantes

Leonardo Finotti