SESC Pompéia
The SESC Pompéia or Fábrica da Pompéia , is a former barrel factory in São Paulo , Brazil , which was converted into a large cultural and sports center by the architect Lina Bo Bardi between 1977 and 1986 . It is located on Rua Clélia, 93 Cep 05042-000, near the Barra Funda metro station.
Historical
The former Fábrica da Pompéia was a factory opened in 1938 by the German company Mauser & Cia Ltda. and was taken over by the Brazilian industrial company Ibsen in 1945 . It was used to make oil barrels, later also refrigerators and kerosene . In 1976, when the architect Lina Bo Bardi, who immigrated from Italy with her husband Pietro Maria Bardi in 1946, had already made a name for herself in São Paulo with the building of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo , first entered the site, the people who lived here were there Companies already went bankrupt and the entire site was empty.
SESC
The SESC (SESC stands for Serviço Social da Comércio , dt .: Social Service of Commerce) is the provider of various cultural, sports and leisure facilities in Brazil. In São Paulo alone, the private non-profit organization has 35 centers, including a. also the Fábrica Pompéia . They are financed by a levy from all trading companies in Brazil; they are especially intended for their employees, but are open to everyone. Admission is low, warm lunchtime meals are offered for little money.
The respective centers, one in almost every district, have different focuses.
SESC Pompéia
The Pompéia is a very large center with an attached theater, a library, various sports halls and other sports facilities, a swimming pool, exhibition halls, restaurant, bar, workshops and rooms for workshops, courses, readings and music events. Workshops and exhibitions on street art are a focus of the artistic direction of the Pompéia . These include, for example, the DULOCO Festival 1998, Market of art 1999 (with Nina Pandolfo, among others ) and the Feira de Arte da Pompéia 2003 and 2004.
Opening: January 22, 1982;
Total area: 16,573 m 2 ;
Built-up area of the sports facilities: 11,360 m 2 ;
Built-up area of the warehouses: 12,211 m 2 ;
Total built-up area: 23,571 m 2 ;
Authorized people per day: 5,000
gallery
Sports hall high-rise, detail
Interior view of one of the sports halls in the high-rise building
View from above of the former warehouse of the Pompéia factory
Sports hall high-rise, detail
View through the two high-rise buildings with the sports halls
Large exhibition hall in the SESC Pompéia
Gallery and entrance to the theater
Corridors between the skyscrapers
Web links
- SESC website (Portuguese, Spanish, English, French)
- Arte Baukunst - The Pompeia Culture and Leisure Center, November 13, 2016, 6:55 a.m., 26 min., Accessed on November 20, 2016
credentials
- ^ Cidadela da Liberdade, exhibition catalog for Fábrica Pompéia, Instituto Lina Bo e PM Barde SESC, São Paulo 1999
- ^ Cidadela da Liberdade, exhibition catalog for Fábrica Pompéia, Instituto Lina Bo e PM Barde SESC, São Paulo 1999
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 23 ° 31 ′ 32.9 ″ S , 46 ° 40 ′ 58.8 ″ W.