Article source: Brasil Arquitetura

The government of the state of pernambuco designated one of the warehouses of the old port of recife and a large adjacent area for the construction of the museum. this area is located by the quay, on the island where recife city was founded, the so-called ground zero, an area which is national heritage.

In line with the urban proposition of the state and the municipal government of maintaining the old warehouses of the port and assigning new functions to them, the architectural project was developed re-adapting one of the warehouses (2.500m²) and creating a new building (5.000m²) connected to it, reinforcing the elongated layout of the constructions of the port, in order to accommodate the museum.

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• Architects: Brasil Arquitetura
• Project: Cais do Sertão Museum
• Location: Recife, Brazil
• Photography: Nelson Kon
  
• Authors: Francisco Fanucci, Marcelo Ferraz
• Co-Authors: Pedro Del Guerra, Cícero Ferraz Cruz
• Contributors: Anne Dieterich, Beatriz Marques, Fabiana Paiva, Felipe Zene, Fred Meyer, Gabriel Mendonça, Gabriel Grinspum, Julio Tarragó, Luciana Dornellas, Victor Gurgel
• Interns: Guilherme Tanaka, Laura Ferraz, Roberto Brotero, William Campos
• Drawings for Publication: Bruno Veiga, Francielle Lopes

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