Pina Contemporânea (Pinacoteca Contemporânea)

This guide to Pina Contemporânea in São Paulo follows the decision to triple the size of the Pinacoteca onto a plot beside Parque da Luz that already held two older buildings, one linked to the museum's own nineteenth-century architects, the other a 1950s block by Helio Duarte. You'll hear why the new architects chose not to clear the ground, instead raising one soaring roof over both structures and leaving their outer walls standing like relics on display. It traces the years the move took, from the school's relocation to the land finally changing hands.