Querubins Gym- prize IAB 2009 for Social Construction, and mention for steel architecture- project on 'Minas Gerais, Arquitetura Contemporânea' Exposition.Acaba Mundo village, a destitute community
Next to the city and its contradictions,
5000 people searching for opportunities
Job, participation, dignity and dream.
Querubins project is a solidarity action
Through sports, meals
Professional qualification, education and art.
Workers and volunteer agents
Offer their time to resettle
The pride of those children looking for a future.
The gymnasium emerges as a meeting plaza
A reference point for transforming actions.
A crusade of suppliers and partners
Made feasible the possible and immediate utopia.
Semi-arched porticos in bent sheets
Shelter the plaza-court under metal roof tiles
Opened to the surroundings and to hope in life.
projeto / project: 2004; obra / completion:
2007
local: Vila Acaba Mundo,
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
área construída / built area: 992,00 m2
arquiteto / architect: João Diniz
arquitetos colaboradores / associate architects: Clarissa Bastos
diretora do Projeto
Querubins / Querubins Project director: Magda
Coutinho
cálculo estrutural / structural engineer: Usiminas, Pórtico Estruturas
construção / contractor: Santa Bárbara Engenharia
estrutura metálica / steel structure: Pórtico Estruturas
aço / steel: SAC 300
peso da estrutura / structure weight: 14 ton
fotos / photos: Marcilio Gazzinelli
View Original